{"id":67325,"date":"2022-05-12T07:35:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T07:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indonesiatribune.com\/?p=67325"},"modified":"2022-05-13T07:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T07:40:08","slug":"2nd-covid-%e2%81%a019-co-host-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indonesiatribune.com\/2nd-covid-%e2%81%a019-co-host-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd COVID-\u206019 Co-Host Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 12, under the leadership of the United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, and Senegal, global leaders from across the world\u2019s economies, civil society, and the private sector gathered for the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Global COVID-19 Summit.\u00a0 Summit participants made major new policy and financial commitments to make vaccines available to those at highest risk, to expand access to tests and treatments, and to prevent future health crises.\u00a0 These are\u00a0linked here<\/a>.\u00a0 Success in these areas is achievable, but it is not inevitable; leaders reinforced the value of whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches to bring the acute phase of COVID-19 to an end, and the importance of being \u00a0prepared for future pandemic threats. The Summit was focused on preventing complacency, recognizing the pandemic is not over; protecting the most vulnerable, including the elderly, immunocompromised people, and frontline and health workers; and preventing future health crises, recognizing\u00a0now\u00a0is the time to secure political and financial commitment for pandemic preparedness.<\/p>\n

The Summit catalyzed bold commitments.\u00a0\u00a0Financially, leaders committed to provide $3.2 billion in new funding \u2013 additional to previous 2022 pledges, while acknowledging the need is still great.\u00a0 This includes nearly $2.5 billion for COVID-19 and related response activities and $712 million in new commitments toward a new pandemic preparedness and global health security fund at the World Bank. (Note: This builds on $250 million previously pledged for this fund.) These funds will accelerate access to vaccinations, testing, and treatments, and they will contribute to a new pandemic preparedness and global health security fund housed at the World Bank.\u00a0\u00a0Leaders also made robust national commitments\u00a0to expand and accelerate vaccine coverage, in particular for their at-risk populations; to expand access to testing and treatments; to protect and support the health workforce and increase domestic budgets for health systems strengthening; and to advance health security, including through the new fund.<\/p>\n

World leaders identified three major Summit outcomes.<\/p>\n