Canada has allocated 85 million Canadian dollars (5.3 billion rubles) to accelerate vaccine manufacturing in Africa (AVMA), an initiative aimed at ensuring “equitable access to vaccines,” the Minister of International Development announced on June 20 from Canada, Ahmed Hussen.
The AVMA will provide financial incentives to vaccine manufacturers in Africa to increase vaccine production capacity, according to the press release. This should increase the region’s resistance to outbreaks of already known infections, as well as new pandemics.
The initiative is expected to produce more than 800 million vaccine doses by 2035.
The announcement was made at an official event dedicated to the AVMA, held in Paris. In addition to Canada’s contribution, other countries have also joined the initiative, organized jointly by France, the African Union and the GAVI vaccine alliance launched in 2000.
Up to one billion dollars (85.5 billion rubles) are expected to be raised to support the initiative.
Let us remember that since 2000, Canada has allocated $1.6 billion to support the work of GAVI.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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