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As the race to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic gathers pace, with Covid-19 vaccination efforts under way in several countries including India, it is time to ask how and where vaccine doses are being distributed, and who is being prioritised for vaccination.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has helped immunise more than 822 million children in 73 low-income countries for various diseases, preventing more than 14 million deaths. Now, Gavi is coordinating the COVAX initiative along with the World Health Organization and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, which aims to distribute two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses by end-2021. The COVAX initiative
