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Leaders of the Action for COVID Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) laid out their mission, their financial needs and their investment case. The briefing shed light on what the ACT-Accelerator is, what it is not, and how, if we all pull together, we might just be able to raise the funds needed to get these urgent tools out the door, and crucially get them to every corner of the world, regardless of personal or national wealth.

The European Commission proposed a new Vaccine Strategy for the EU. While the strategy at its core has the objective of securing the necessary volumes of a safe vaccine for EU citizens at a good price, the EC also expressed its commitment to make it accessible for all the regions of the world, in particular the most vulnerable countries who struggle to secure vaccines for their populations.

World leaders will gather again at the Global Goal: Unite For Our Future Summit on June 27. At the Pandemic Action Network, we’ve called on leaders to build on the success of the Gavi replenishment and previous pledging moments to go much bolder to make sure we don’t repeat the errors of the past.

The Pandemic Action Network, WHO, Africa CDC, CDC and CDC Foundation, Facebook, Google, Global Citizen and 40+ partner organizations announced today the launch of World Mask Week from August 7-14, an effort to increase the use of face coverings in public across the globe.

In the wake of the US decision to terminate the relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO), Pandemic Action Network and leading global health organizations have published a brief paper outlining some of the critical steps that the world needs to take to prevent pandemics.

Pandemic Action Network believes that the world needs a strong World Health Organization both to stop this pandemic and to help ensure every country are better prepared to manage future pandemic threats.  No country is safe from pandemics until every country is safe. 

This week the European Commission put forward a proposal for a major recovery plan for the EU. The EU decided to reboot its 7-year budget proposal in light of the COVID19 crisis. Here are the 10 things we’ll be watching in the EU’s newly proposed recovery plan.

Accelerating the end to COVID19 and preventing further pandemics demands a bold, inclusive and comprehensive global action plan. With tremendous uncertainty around when this pandemic will end, we have to tackle these challenges – emergency response and long-term prevention – together.