====== COVAX ======

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**COVAX** is the vaccines pillar of the [[act-accelerator|Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator]], co-led by [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations]] (CEPI), [[Gavi]] and the [[World Health Organization]], alongside key delivery partner [[UNICEF]]. In the Americas, the [[Pan American Health Organization]] Revolving Fund is the recognized procurement agent for COVAX.((//COVAX: Working for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.// (2020). World Health Organization. https://archive.ph/VUPbl))

===== History =====

As of April 7, 2021, COVAX had reached supply agreements for 7 [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] candidates, including:((//Gavi COVAX AMC 2021 Investment Opportunity Launch Event.// (2022, January 29). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220820112357/https://www.gavi.org/gavi-covax-amc-launch-event-april-2021))

  * [[BNT162b2|Comirnaty]]
    * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]-[[pharmaceutical_companies:BioNTech]]
  * [[covid-19_vaccines:Covishield]]
    * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Serum Institute of India]]-[[pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]]
  * [[covid-19_vaccines:Covovax]]
    * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Serum Institute of India]]-[[pharmaceutical_companies:Novavax]]
  * [[covid-19_vaccines:Jcovden]]
    * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Janssen]]/[[pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]])
  * [[covid-19_vaccines:NVX-CoV2373|Nuvaxovid]]
    * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Novavax]]
  * [[covid-19_vaccines:Vaxzevria]]
    * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Oxford Biomedica]]-[[pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]]
  * Candidate by [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi]] and [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]]
===== Advanced Market Commitment =====

The COVID-19 Vaccines Advance Market Commitment (COVAX AMC) is a financing instrument allowing donors to finance the delivery of vaccines to nations out of the COVAX Facility. 

==== One World Protected ====

COVAX AMC was presented at the [[:Gavi]] COVAX AMC 2021 Investment Opportunity Launch Event, otherwise named [[One World Protected]], on April 15, 2021.((Sharafudeen, M., & Mazur, I. (2021, March 29). //United States to host launch event for Gavi COVAX AMC 2021 investment opportunity.// Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220820234257/https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/united-states-host-launch-event-gavi-covax-amc-2021-investment-opportunity)) The virtual event was hosted by [[:José Manuel Barroso]], Chair of the Gavi Board, [[:United States of America|U.S.]] Secretary of State [[:Antony Blinken]], and acting [[:United States Agency for International Development]] [[:USAID]] Administrator [[:Gloria Steele]].((Office of the Spokesperson. (2021, April 12). //United States To Host Event To Launch the 2021 COVAX Investment Opportunity.// United States Department of State. https://web.archive.org/web/20220820234918/https://www.state.gov/united-states-to-host-event-to-launch-the-2021-covax-investment-opportunity/))

^  Attendees of One World Protected event((//The Gavi COVAX AMC Investment Opportunity Launch Event Participant List.// (2021). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; USAID; U.S. Department of State. https://web.archive.org/web/20220821050428/https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/covid/covax/Investment-Opportunity-Launch-Participant-List.pdf))  ^^
^ Name  ^ Affiliation  ^
| [[:Albert Bourla]]  | CEO of [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]  |
| [[:António Costa]]  | Prime Minister of [[Portugal]]  |
| [[:Carmen Tull]]  | United States Agency for International Development [[:USAID]]  |
| [[:Elizabeth Noonan]]  | United States Agency for International Development [[:USAID]]  |
| [[:Jacinda Ardern]]  | Prime Minister of [[New Zealand]]  |
| [[Jen Copestake]]  | [[BBC]]  |
| [[:Jeremy Konyndyk]]  |[United States Agency for International Development [[:USAID]] COVID-19 Task Force  |
| [[:Karina Gould]]  | Minister of International Development of [[:Canada]]  |
| [[:Marise Payne]]  | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women of [[:Australia]]  |
| [[:Stefan Löfven]]  | Prime Minister of [[:Sweden]]  |
| [[:Viktor Liashko]]  | Ministry of Health of [[:Ukraine]]  |
| [[:Wendy Morton]]  | [[United Kingdom]]  |
| [[Xu Chen]]  | Ambassador from [[China]]  |

Also in attendance were representatives from:

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  * [[:ACTION Global Health Advocacy Group]]
  * [[:Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention]]
  * [[:Aliko Dangote Foundation]] (ADF)
  * [[:Amref Health Africa]]
  * [[:Asia Philanthropy Circle]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Bharat Biotech]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Biological E. Limited]]
  * [[:Biotechnology Innovation Organization]] (BIO)
  * Center for Strategic and International Studies [[:CSIS]]
  * [[:Citi]]
  * [[:Civil Society Human and Institutional Development Programme]] (CHIP)
  * [[:Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations]] (CEPI)
  * [[:CORE Group]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:CureVac]]
  * [[:Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network]]
  * [[:ELMA Philanthropies]]
  * [[:Every Woman Every Child]]
  * [[:Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria]]
  * [[:Girl Effect]]
  * [[Global Financing Facility Civil Society Organization Hub]] (GFF CSO Hub)
  * [[:Global Fund]]
  * [[:Global Health Advocates France]]
  * [[:Google Health]]
  * [[:Inter-American Development Bank]]
  * [[:International Committee of the Red Cross]]
  * [[:International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations]] (IFPMA) 
  * [[:International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]]
  * [[:International Monetary Fund]] (IMF)
  * [[:International Organization for Migration]]
  * [[:International Rescue Committee]]
  * [[:Inter-Parliamentary Union]]
  * [[:Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Access Center]]
  * [[:Just Actions]]
  * [[:Last Mile Health]]
  * [[:Living Goods]]
  * [[:Mastercard]]
  * [[:Norwegian Church Aid]]
  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Novavax]]
  * [[:The One Campaign]]
  * [[:Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States]] (OACPS)
  * [[:Organization of African First Ladies for Development]]
  * [[:Pan American Health Organization]] (PAHO)
  * [[:Pandemic Action Network]]
  * [[:Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health]]
  * [[:PATH]]
  * [[:Project Everyone]]
  * [[:RBM Partnership to End Malaria]]
  * [[:RESULTS]]
  * [[:RESULTS Canada]]
  * [[:RESULTS Japan]]
  * [[:Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronics and Intellectual Sports]] (SAFEIS)
  * [[:Save the Children]]
  * [[:Save the Children UK]]
  * [[:Scaling Up Nutrition]]
  * [[:Shell]]
  * [[:Speak Up Africa]]
  * [[:Thistledown Foundation]]
  * [[:Toyota]]
  * [[:UNICEF]]
  * [[:UNICEF USA]]
  * [[:Unilever]]
  * [[:The Union for International Cancer Control]]
  * [[:Unitaid]]
  * [[:United Nations]]
  * [[:United Nations Foundation]]
  * [[United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA)
  * [[:UPS]]
  * [[:U.S. Global Leadership Coalition]]
  * [[:Vaccine Forward]]
  * [[:Visa]]
  * [[:WHO Foundation]]
  * [[:Women in Global Health]]
  * [[:World Bank Group]]
  * [[:World Food Programme]]
  * [[:World Health Organization]]
  * [[:World Vision]]

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=== Global Vaccine Summit ===

The program was fully launched by [[Gavi|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]] at the [[:Global Vaccine Summit]] on June 4, 2021.((//Gavi COVAX AMC.// (2022, July 15). [[:Gavi]], the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220820234044/https://www.gavi.org/gavi-covax-amc))

==== Donors ====

Financial contributions to the AMC came from:((//Key Outcomes One World Protected - COVAX AMC Summit.// (2022). Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20220806033307/https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/covid/covax/COVAX-AMC-Donors-Table.pdf))

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  * [[:Allen & Overy]]
  * [[Analog Devices Foundation]]
  * [[Asia Philanthropy Circle]]
  * [[:Asian Development Bank]]
  * [[:Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]
  * [[:Blackberry]]
  * [[:Centere]]
  * [[:Cisco]]
  * [[:Coca-Cola]]
  * [[:CODE (RED)]]
  * [[:Collins Aerospace]]
  * [[:Etsy]]
  * [[:European Investment Bank]]
  * [[:ExxonMobil]]
  * [[:Gates Philanthropy Partners]]
  * [[:Google]]
  * [[:King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center]]
  * [[:Mastercard]]
  * [[:Medline]]
  * [[:Nikkei]]
  * [[:Okta]]
  * [[:PagerDuty]]
  * [[:Pratt & Whitney]]
  * [[:Private Public Limited]] (PPL)
  * [[:Procter & Gamble]]
  * [[:Reed Hastings]]
  * [[:Russell Reynolds Associates]]
  * [[:Salesforce]]
  * [[:Shell]]
  * [[:Spotify]]
  * [[:Thistledown Foundation]]
  * [[:TikTok]]
  * [[:Toyota]]
  * [[:UBS]]
  * [[:United Nations Federal Credit Union]] (UNFCU)
  * [[United States International Development Finance Corporation]]
  * [[Vaccine Forward Initiative]]
  * [[Visa]]
  * [[WHO Foundation]] via the [[Go Give One Campaign]]
  * [[:World Bank]]

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===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/covax/|White Rose Wiki]]