UAE's Hope consortium to help tackle global vaccine wastage

The Hope Consortium is taking steps to help accelerate global vaccination efforts and tackle vaccine wastage.

The Abu Dhabi-led public-private partnership is deploying medical and logistics staff as well as equipment to assist countries with limited capabilities.

It has partnered with Via Medica International Healthcare to deliver the services.

The latest initiative will enable countries and communities with limited medical and logistical capacities to inoculate their populations safely and efficiently, with minimal disruption to the local health delivery services.

A mobile team of 15 members has already been deployed in Africa as part of the project's first phase.

The team includes doctors and nurses that will establish local immunisation hubs to coordinate the administration of the vaccines, maintain patient records and track the progress of national vaccination efforts.

In the second stage, the programme will be scaled up to include a team of up to 40 members tasked with setting-up regional vaccination centres equipped with medical equipment and supplies, storage freezers and power generation units.

Two fully equipped mobile vaccination vehicles will also be airlifted from Abu Dhabi.

In order to "future proof" the effort, the Hope Consortium’s team will be training local medical and logistical staff to ensure that immunisation campaigns can continue efficiently.

Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium, the public-private partnership facilitating the safe and efficient international distribution of millions of #Covid_19 vaccines, is launching an In-Country Support Services Programme to help accelerate global vaccination efforts. pic.twitter.com/QXg2mOJrB0

— مكتب أبوظبي الإعلامي (@ADMediaOffice) August 16, 2021