Indonesia, UNICEF to Cooperate in Covid-19 Vaccine Procurement

Jakarta: The Indonesian Ministry of Health and UNICEF have agreed to enhance cooperation on covid-19 vaccine procurement by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for provisions of procurement services.
 
Held in Jakarta on Wednesday, the signing ceremony was attended by UNICEF Country Representative Debora Comini, Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir and Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi.
 
"COVAX Facility will ensure that all countries, including Indonesia, can get access to vaccines safely, quickly and equally," Minister Terawan said.

"UNICEF and partners will ensure that COVAX member countries can receive the safe and effective vaccine quickly and on a large scale," the minister added.
 
UNICEF is leading efforts to procure and supply covid-19 vaccines in what could possibly be the world’s largest and fastest ever procurement and supply of vaccines, as part of the global vaccine plan of the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX Facility) led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. 
 
With several vaccine candidates showing promise, UNICEF, in collaboration with the PAHO Revolving Fund, will lead efforts to procure and supply doses of covid-19 vaccines on behalf of the COVAX Facility for 92 low- and lower middle-income countries whose vaccine purchases will be supported by the mechanism through the Gavi COVAX AMC as well as a buffer stockpile for humanitarian emergencies. 
 
In addition, UNICEF will also serve as procurement coordinator to support procurement by 80 higher-income economies, which have expressed their intent to participate in the COVAX Facility and would finance the vaccines from their own public finance budgets. 
 
UNICEF will undertake these efforts in close collaboration with WHO, Gavi, CEPI, PAHO, World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners. 
 
The COVAX Facility is open to all countries to ensure that no country is left without access to a future covid-19 vaccine. 

 
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