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Meeting Outcome Summary: ACT-Accelerator

The ACT-Accelerator meeting highlights the urgent need to end the COVID-19 pandemic through global solidarity and equitable access to tools. Despite ongoing surges in cases, the pandemic remains far from over, with critical resources like vaccines, oxygen, tests, PPE, and treatments not universally available, particularly in low-and-lower-middle-income countries.

Key challenges include a widening gap in vaccine coverage and testing, which fuels the emergence of new variants like Omicron. The ACT-Accelerator initiative is crucial for coordinating the full suite of countermeasures to save lives, and full financing of the US$23.4 billion strategic plan is deemed an urgent global imperative by WHO, IMF, and other leaders. Norway emphasizes the necessity of fair contributions, while the IMF underscores that speed and action are essential, not just pledges.

Notable achievements include the delivery of over 685 million vaccines and 148 million tests to low and middle-income countries. Gordon Brown calls for fair shares to build hope and deliver a better future, with global equity being a necessity to control the pandemic.