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. 2024 Sep 17;42 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):125827.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.054. Epub 2024 Mar 23.

Global VAX: A U.S. contribution to global COVID-19 vaccination efforts, 2021-2023

Benjamin A Dahl  1 , Beth Tritter  2 , Deena Butryn  3 , Melissa Dahlke  3 , Sean Browning  3 , Richard Gelting  3 , Monica Fleming  3 , Nancy Ortiz  3 , Jacqueline Labrador  3 , Ryan Novak  3 , David Fitter  3 , Elizabeth Bell  3 , Megan McGuire  2 , Robert Rosenbaum  2 , Robert Pulwer  2 , Jolene Wun  2 , Anna McCaffrey  2 , Maisoon Chowdhury  2 , Nida Parks  2 , Marc Cunningham  2 , Anthony Mounts  4 , Dora Curry  4 , Dominique Richardson  4 , Gavin Grant  3
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Global VAX: A U.S. contribution to global COVID-19 vaccination efforts, 2021-2023

Benjamin A Dahl et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

In December 2021 the U.S. Government announced a new, whole-of-government $1.8 billion effort, the Initiative for Global Vaccine Access (Global VAX) in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Using the foundation of decades of U.S. government investments in global health and working in close partnership with local governments and key global and multilateral organizations, Global VAX enabled the rapid acceleration of the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout in selected countries, contributing to increased COVID-19 vaccine coverage in some of the world's most vulnerable communities. Through Global VAX, the U.S. Government has supported 125 countries to scale up COVID-19 vaccine delivery and administration while strengthening primary health care systems to respond to future health crises. The progress made by Global VAX has paved the way for a stronger global recovery and improved global health security.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus disease; Evaluation; Global Vax; Implementation; SARS-CoV-2; Vaccine; Vaccine delivery.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Coverage increase in surge countries and African region overall. Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership Hub, as of Jun 22, 2023 Our World in Data Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations, as of Jun 22, 2023
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