The COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership — an initiative from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; UNICEF; and the World Health Organization to support and accelerate COVID-19 vaccine delivery in low- and middle-income countries — is expected to wind down its activities in June.
“We're suggesting, indeed, that the COVID-19 vaccine delivery partnership … winds down in its current form,” Ted Chaiban, global lead coordinator for the partnership, often referred to as CoVDP, told Devex.
When the partnership was launched in January 2022, there was already an ample supply of vaccines. But countries struggled to get vaccines into people’s arms due to limited funding, and other competing priorities such as humanitarian emergencies that have strained health systems. COVID-19 cases and deaths have also started to decline, leading many policymakers and the population to think the virus is no longer a threat, and a vaccine is unnecessary.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
