He said that there is an urgent need to take the vaccine against the “Corona” virus everywhere

Tony Blair proposes a vaccination plan for the entire world's population

• Providing the vaccine in several places requires a lot of staff.

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• Blair: No country in the world will be safe from the Corona virus unless all countries in the world are completely safe.

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The need to take the vaccine against the Corona virus appears urgent all over the world, and although large parts of the world’s population have taken the vaccine or not, there is a certain possibility that we will witness the emergence of more deadly strains of the Corona virus, and it could be The emergence of new mutations of the virus, more rapidly spreading and more resistant to the vaccine, will return the world’s confrontation to this pandemic to square one, and although the process of vaccinating the world’s population in 2021 appears ambitious, it can be achieved, and the Global Health Security Alliance published a plan , in May, in partnership with the Wilson Research Center, confirms that it can be achieved.

But securing vaccine supplies to countries that need them is half the problem, and without the right capacity to absorb (that is, the infrastructure to get the vaccine into people's arms), these vaccines will spoil and be lost.

The models, which were implemented by the Global Health Security Alliance, indicate that the absorption capacity in the various countries most in need of vaccines, should increase from five to six million per day at the present, to 14 million per day by March 2022, if these countries are It wants to strategically vaccinate its population, and there will be a need for funding between six and 8.5 billion additional dollars, and it is not a matter of strategic investment, but rather it will help achieve equity in obtaining the vaccine globally, and without moving quickly to meet this challenge, the timetable will be long. necessary in order to vaccinate the world's population, which will result in the spoilage of many doses of vaccination.

The required political changes can be summarized in four elements: readiness, staffing, organization, and strategic communication.

physical readiness

First, for countries to be able to fully absorb vaccination, we must ensure the provision of the necessary physical preparedness to provide vaccines to people, in addition to the infrastructure necessary to transport vaccine doses to these areas, and the Global Health Security Alliance report, published this week, provides more details on how Achieving this, including learning from best practices in other countries.

Second, the multiple sites for providing vaccines to people require the presence of employees, and this employment should include more than the employees who give the vaccine to people, to ensure that there are employees responsible for preparing and managing the vaccination sites themselves, registering and assisting those who receive the vaccine, collecting information about them, and conducting community awareness Securing all these needs requires returning retired medical workers to work again, accelerating the deployment of trainees in the medical field and conducting quick and accurate training for volunteers.

Third, organizing all information related to vaccination will provide very important information, as it will allow governments to focus precisely on the distribution of vaccine doses and monitor the progress of the process, and in addition, it will provide a clear record of the dates of vaccination, ie when the second dose should be taken.

Rwanda was a clear leader in this area, as information was carefully collected and used to implement the plans successfully.

Other African countries, including Senegal, are accelerating the use of digital machines to monitor and plan ongoing vaccination campaigns, as well as ensuring easy-to-use and reliable documentation of a person's vaccination.

Fourth, despite the importance of these infrastructure elements, they will be useless if people are not ready to receive the vaccine, and here strategic communication and social participation play a critical role, and national campaigns, which are centrally managed, will be essential, and will disseminate clear and accessible information about The effectiveness of the vaccine, and messages consistent with the importance of vaccines and their role in combating the “Corona” virus.

A lot of work will be needed, but how will they be coordinated?

And I think the wealthy G-20 should commit to providing $6 billion to fund the capacity of the health system, and to authorize key multilateral global health organizations to coordinate and centralize funding and spending.

This will be a major challenge for the "Group of 20", but securing this will be very important, and although in the Western world we are reopening our societies and economies based on a successful vaccination campaign, these efforts to live alongside the Corona virus will fail. , if not matched by similar operations in the rest of the world.

In fact, no country in the world will be safe from the “Corona” virus, unless all countries in the world are completely safe, and efforts are being made in full swing to secure vaccines for all countries of the world, but without moving to improve vaccination absorption capabilities. We risk that all these efforts will be in vain.

• In order for countries to be able to fully absorb vaccinations, we must ensure the provision of the necessary financial preparedness to provide vaccines to people, in addition to the necessary infrastructure to transport vaccine doses to these areas.

• There are African countries, including Rwanda and Senegal, that are accelerating the use of digital machines to monitor and plan for ongoing vaccination campaigns.

Tony Blair ■ former British Prime Minister

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