When the flight carrying 2.5 million doses of Vaccine Covid-19 Moderna took off on June 30 from Dallas to Islamabad, Pakistan, American officials breathed in relief.
The process leads to a really hard result, involving many stages at home and abroad.
While Covax signs agreements with Moderna on disability for potential harms from the vaccine, the US Embassy officials in Islamabad coordinate with the local management agency for approval of management agencies
After they signed, a three-party agreement was formed.
Moderna's vaccine lots are aid through the Covax program unloaded at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, last month.
Before the comments criticized from public health experts that the diplomatic diplomacy of President Biden was too slow and not really enough, the White House was preparing to announce that they had done the commitment
The Biden government promises to provide 80 million doses of vaccines for about 50 countries.
Vaccine sharing efforts have developed into a series of continuous operations throughout the federal government with Deputy Minister meetings several times a week in addition to almost daily exchange calls.
The White House can organize 15 calls according to each specific country every day, starting from 7am and often have the participation of the US National Security Council (NSC), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
About 75% of the vaccines are distributed through Covax, the party has shipped a total of more than 91 million doses, to both rich and lower-income countries.
Researchers estimate the world all need 11 billion doses of vaccines to extinguish the Covid-19 pandemic.
Up to now, more than three billion doses have been used worldwide, equivalent to 40 doses over 100 people.
If this is the speed that everything continues to take place, it's unfortunately, it is much slower than what we need, Dr. Saad B. Omer, Director of Yale University of Global Medical Institute, commented
Quillian said the transferred vaccine will increase in the summer, in addition to 500 million doses of Pfizer-Biontech vaccine that the President Biden government last month to distribute about 100 countries next year.
She called this vaccine diplomacy more complicated in terms of procedures than the domestic immunization program.
Last week, when the doses of vaccine moved to Pakistan were announced ready, the attention began to switch to packaging and transporting them to Dallas airport.
Pakistani and UNICEF medical authorities, held behind the Covax initiative, will transport vaccines and the Biden administration stands out to monitor the entire process.
Dr. Hilary D. Marston, a member of the government's Covid-19 response group to coordinate shipments, said the US Department of Foreign Affairs and CDC also exchanged with Pakistan to determine the amount of vaccines that the country cave afty
According to Quillian, the fact that Pakistan became a top candidate was aid the Vaccine is not controversial.
The National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said at a press conference last month that the government is prioritizing its neighbors and Asian countries with increased infections.
Vaccine sharing is sometimes like an international matchmaking plan.
All countries we offer vaccines, when they require a specific type, we can meet, Quillian said.
Even so, officials still encounter considerable obstacles.
The use of vaccines in the Covax program for can also be stalled, as in South Sudan and Congo.
Meanwhile, bilateral agreements often bring more success.
However, according to Dr. Omer, the current vaccine aid speed of Biden administration is still not fast enough.
It took 6 months since the beginning of our vaccination program, we have real movements on this issue, he talks about vaccine-sharing campaigns.
Song Quillian still protects the government's efforts.