African Union Chair and President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Thursday 10 September 2020, co-chair the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) first high- level meeting of the Facilitation Council of the “Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator” (ACT-A).
The President will co-chair alongside Her Excellency Ema Solberg, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway.
The meeting will formally launch the ACT-A Facilitation Council which is an international collaboration among a diverse representation of global leaders and partners to accelerate the development, production and equitable deployment of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for COVID-19.
ACT-A was launched on 24 April 2020 and provided with political and financial support through global pledging events of 4 May and 27 June. It has already established a dynamic portfolio of vaccine candidates, launched a global facility to optimise vaccine development and use, and begun rollout of the first proven therapy for severe disease.
This collaboration has also identified a potentially game-changing rapid test and established a framework for equitable allocation of these products globally.
The Facilitation Council, which is expected to be formally established today and adopt Terms of Reference, will work to address key challenges and galvanise global leadership to enable for access to COVID-19 tools for all countries.
President Ramaphosa will co-chair the virtual high-level meeting at 12h30 CEST, on Thursday, 10 September 2020
Media enquiries: Tyrone Seale, Acting Spokesperson to President Cyril Ramaphosa at media@presidency.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa co-chairs inaugural meeting of Access to Coronavirus COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) Facilitation Council, 10 Sept
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