The event aimed to build stronger political consensus for a coordinated global response to COVID-19, and champion the importance and urgency of equitable access to new tools, especially effective vaccines.
The high-level event on the ACT-Accelerator, convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the governments of the United Kingdom and South Africa, and the World Health Organization marked the progress that has been made in global collaboration towards ACT-Accelerator and particularly its COVAX Facility.