11th ACT-Accelerator Facilitation Council meeting

6 July 2022 12:30 – 15:00 CET
Virtual meeting

Key materials

Agenda

Co-chairs’ Outcome Statement 

Presentations

  • COVID-19 epidemiological update, Mike Ryan, Executive Director WHO Health Emergencies Programme & Abdi Mahamud, WHO Incident Manager for COVID-19 
  • Improving Public Health Outcomes through Enhancing Accelerated Access to Care and Treatment Innovation for COVID-19 (IMPAACT4C19) - Regina Osih, Chief Global Health Officer, Aurum Institute 
  • TAP Working Group Co-Chair: Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at Health and Human Services, USA 
  • Therapeutics and Diagnostics Working Group Co-Chairs: Ian Dalton, Senior Head of Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, United Kingdom and Mustaqeem De Gama, Director, Legal International Trade, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, South Africa
  • Planning the ACT-A transition to endemic COVID-19, Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to the WHO Director-General & Head of the ACT-Accelerator Hub 

Primary objectives

  • Orientation of Council members on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Build political momentum to accelerate uptake of COVID-19 tools.
  • Harvest Council members views on ACT-A’s work in the transition to long-term COVID-19 control.

 

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