Ireland to contribute €50m to global vaccine programme

Ireland is set to spend some €50m in support of global health in 2021, a figure which will see many low-income countries access the Covid-19 vaccine.

Ireland is set to spend some €50m in support of global health in 2021, a figure which will see many low-income countries access the Covid-19 vaccine.

This is according to the Department of Foreign Affairs, with its spend this year set to include funding for the the COVAX Facility, which will support 92 low and middle income countries. COVAX is one of three parts of the Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which was launched last April by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission, and France.