Was a privilege to address the High-level Emergency Meeting of African Health Ministers on #COVID19. @WHO will keep partnering with @_AfricanUnion nations to strengthen public health services & build capacity to generate vaccine supply to end the pandemic bit.ly/3twzTlW
The shocking disparity in global distribution of #COVID19 vaccines is a moral outrage, & economically & epidemiologically self-defeating. Of vaccines administered globally, just 2% have occurred in Africa compared to 80% in high & upper middle-income countries.
The pandemic has shown that #Africa cannot rely on #vaccine imports & must boost its own production capacities. @WHO will continue supporting the @_AfricanUnion to establish the African Medicines Agency to strengthen regulatory capacity and stimulate local production.
All countries must keep adhering to proven measures that have kept #COVID19 transmission relatively low in Africa & some other places: testing & contact tracing, quarantine & care, physical distancing, avoiding crowds, masks, cleaning hands, covering coughs & opening windows
I thanked @_AfricanUnion Member States that have supported the proposed #pandemictreaty for preparedness & response, & we seek the support of all countries for the treaty at the World Health Assembly later this month. The treaty will be a game-changer & prepare us for the future.
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