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Podcast: Consider This
Episode: COVAX (Part 1) - Plan for Equitable Global Access
Description: Last Saturday, Malaysia announced it will be joining 172 countries to participate in the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access initiative, known as COVAX, a pooled procurement mechanism for new Covid-19 vaccines that aims to provide participating economies fair and equitable access to vaccines, by pooling purchasing power from these nations across a range of candidate vaccines. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Dr Khor Swee Kheng, Founder, Malaysian Health Coalition.