Initiatives
COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium
Sep 07, 2022
COVID Collaborative and partners launched on September 7, 2022, the COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium to bring new, highly effective COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments to high-risk populations in 10 low- and middle-income countries. Quick Start includes COVID Collaborative, Duke University, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and Americares as implementing partners, with support from the Open Society Foundations, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and Pfizer.
View InitiativeCOVID Global Accountability Platform
Oct 19, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Duke University have launched the COVID Global Accountability Platform (COVID GAP). Collaborating with The Rockefeller Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and multiple supporters and data sources, COVID GAP is an independent, external accountability hub to track global progress on targets and commitments, including from the Global COVID-19 Summit, and to generate insights and recommendations to translate commitments and targets into life-saving action.
View InitiativeFramework for Global Action
Sep 10, 2021
COVID Collaborative, Center for Global Development, three units of Duke University, and the Pandemic Action Network have released a Framework For a Global Action Plan for COVID-19 Response to encourage World Leaders to take the steps needed to end the pandemic. The seven-point framework was endorsed by almost 40 leading organizations and global health experts.
View InitiativeGlobal Summit to End COVID-19
Sep 01, 2021
A coalition of 80 global leaders and over 25 organizations across corporate, philanthropic, civil society, advocacy, academic, and health sectors have called on world leaders attending the UN General Assembly to convene a global summit to ignite an urgent global action plan to end the pandemic. The call to action was coordinated by the COVID Collaborative, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Duke Global Health Institute, and the Pandemic Action Network.
View InitiativeUS Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief
Aug 03, 2021
COVID Collaborative, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Duke - Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, and renowned global health experts, have come together to issue an open letter and corresponding report urging US leadership to address global vaccine inequity.
View InitiativeUS Leadership and Global Vaccine Inequity
Jun 07, 2021
COVID Collaborative, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Duke - Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, and Duke Global Health Innovation Center have come together to call for increased US leadership in addressing global vaccine inequity. As part of this work, we have issued open letters to G7 leaders and the Biden administration and Congress urging immediate action.
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Zambia Becomes First Country to Receive PAXLOVID (TM) through COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium
Dec 22, 2022
Zambia recently received the first shipment of Paxlovid under our COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium. This is a significant milestone for Quick Start -- the first concerted effort to bring new, highly effective COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments to low- and middle-income countries. Shipments will soon follow to our other partner countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Partners: Americares, Clinton Health Access Initiative, QuickStart Consortium, Duke University
New Priorities to Maximize the Impact of the Global COVID-19 Response
Sep 30, 2022
As the world transitions from emergency crisis response to sustainable pandemic control, COVID Collaborative and Duke University just released a report outlining “New Priorities to Maximize the Global COVID-19 Response.” To save the most lives in a world of competing priorities and limited resources, the report recommends fully protecting – including with boosters and access to treatment – at-risk populations and incorporating COVID response efforts into primary health care.
Partners: Covid GAP
Seizing the Moment: Global Action to End the COVID-19 Crisis and Prevent the Next Pandemic
Apr 28, 2022
COVID GAP and Pandemic Action Network co-hosted a joint virtual convening, Global Call to Action: End the COVID-19 Crisis and Prevent the Next Pandemic, on March 29 with 9 other heading health organizations from around the world. Following the event, the groups released a joint declaration today highlighting urgent, actionable priorities to update the post-Omicron COVID-19 strategy for a more equitable and effective global pandemic response.
Partners: Covid GAP
The Path Forward: A Post-Omicron Strategy for the Global COVID-19 Response
Mar 30, 2022
The report from COVID GAP lays out a path forward in this pivotal moment of the global response as we shift from emergency crisis management to a sustainable control strategy.
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Pills to People: Accelerating Equitable Global Access to Oral Therapeutics for COVID-19
Mar 03, 2022
This report, released by COVID Gap, emphasizes the vital need for a “vaccination plus” strategy that expands the COVID arsenal to include oral treatments, and lays out a plan for achieving this.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Margolis Center, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Covid GAP
Urgent Action to Overcome the Threat of COVID-19 Associated Orphanhood and Caregiver Death
Feb 23, 2022
This report, issued by dozens of leading international NGOs, outlines the magnitude of loss globally due to COVID-19 and presents tangible steps that global leaders can take to support children and families.
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From Airports to Arms: New Insights and Urgent Recommendations to Accelerate Global COVID-19 Vaccinations
Dec 23, 2021
This report summarizes insights and recommendations from a joint global convening on vaccination challenges hosted by Covid GAP, WHO, UNICEF, and Africa CDC, and also draws on learnings from national, regional, and global vaccination efforts over the past year, particularly those led by WHO and UNICEF through COVAX Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) activities and by Africa CDC and the African Union.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Covid GAP, World Health Organization, UNICEF, Africa CDC
Holding the World to Account: Urgent Actions Needed to Close Gaps in the Global COVID-19 Response
Nov 18, 2021
This initial report, released by COVID GAP, focuses on steps that the G7/EU countries can take immediately to meet the urgent challenge of reaching 40 percent vaccination coverage in every country by the end of 2021 – a critical milestone to ending the pandemic everywhere
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Covid GAP
Press Release: Duke University and Covid Collaborative Launch Global Accountability Platform To Accelerate Equitable Covid-19 Pandemic Response
Oct 19, 2021
This press release announces the launch of the COVID Global Accountability Platform to accelerate an equitable COVID-19 global response.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center
COVID Collaborative Statement for Global COVID-19 Summit
Sep 22, 2021
Covid Collaborative was invited to submit a statement outlining its plan to support the global vaccination goals of the Global COVID-19 Summit on September 22.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Framework For a Global Action Plan for COVID-19 Response
Sep 10, 2021
This seven-point framework, endorsed by almost 40 leading organizations and global health experts, encourages world leaders to take necessary steps to end the pandemic.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Margolis Center, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Pandemic Action Network
Open Letter to World Leaders: A Call for a Global Summit to End the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sep 01, 2021
In this open letter, a coalition of 80 global leaders and over 25 organizations across corporate, philanthropic, civil society, advocacy, academic, and health sectors have called on world leaders to convene a global summit on COVID-19.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Margolis Center, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Pandemic Action Network
Op Ed: Our Six Point Plan for Biden’s Covid Summit
Aug 30, 2021
Mark McClellan, Gary Edson, Pascal Lamy, and Carolyn Reynolds share a six-point plan for how President Biden can make the most of a global COVID-19 summit.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Paris Peace Forum, Pandemic Action Network
US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief: Urgent Action to End the Pandemic Globally and Accelerate US Recovery and Security
Aug 03, 2021
In an accompanying US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief, COVID Collaborative and three units of Duke University, joined by more than a dozen health policy and global health leaders, called on President Biden to take urgent action to end the pandemic around the world and accelerate US recovery and security.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center
Open Letter To The Biden-Harris Administration: US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief: Urgent Action to End the Pandemic Globally and Accelerate US Recovery and Security
Aug 03, 2021
In an open letter to the Biden-Harris Administration, and an accompanying US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief, COVID Collaborative and three units of Duke University, joined by more than a dozen health policy and global health leaders, called on President Biden to take urgent action to end the pandemic around the world and accelerate US recovery and security.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Open Letter to World Leaders: A G7 Action Plan to Ensure the World is Vaccinated Quickly and Equitably
Jun 07, 2021
COVID Collaborative, along with Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), and three units of Duke University issued an open letter urging the G7 leaders and member states to use their vaccine expertise and manufacturing capacity to accelerate global access to vaccines while meeting domestic health needs. The letter was endorsed by a number of renowned global health experts.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Press Release: U.S. Global Health Experts Urge G7 Action to Vaccinate the World Quickly and Equitably
Jun 07, 2021
This press release accompanied an open letter in which representatives of four U.S.-based organizations – Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), COVID Collaborative, and three units of Duke University – together with the endorsement of renowned global health experts – urged the G7 leaders and member states to use their vaccine expertise and manufacturing capacity to accelerate global access to vaccines while meeting domestic health needs.
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Open Letter to the Biden Administration and US Congress Calling for Urgent High-Level US Leadership to Address Escalating Global COVID-19 Vaccine Crisis
May 17, 2021
In this "Open Letter to the Biden Administration and Congress," COVID Collaborative, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Duke - Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, and Duke Global Health Innovation Center call for urgent U.S. leadership to address the widening global gap in access to COVID-19 vaccines, focusing on five specific areas for immediate action.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Opinion | Why America’s Next Covid Push Should Be Outside America
Apr 22, 2021
This op ed, written by COVID Collaborative president Gary Edson and Collaborative members Mark McClellan, Krishna Udayakumar and Michael Merson, calls for increased efforts to help the rest of the world get vaccinated.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center
Reducing Global COVID Vaccine Shortages: New Research and Recommendations for US Leadership
Apr 15, 2021
This paper, produced by COVID Collaborative and three units of Duke University, presents the scope of the global vaccine access challenge, and proposes a complementary three-part US-led solution.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center
Press
‘Recognition of failure’: A shift urged in global vaccination strategy
Health organizations again seek to prioritize at-risk populations for Covid shots.
Why 2022 Is the Year We Learn to Live With COVID-19
Hopes of eliminating COVID-19 in the U.S. through vaccine-generated herd immunity are now dashed. Instead, with the rapid spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant, we need to focus on 2022 as the year that in the U.S. will usher in a new era of “living with the virus.”
The COVID crisis: Past, present, and future
Since the late winter of 2019, the world has been consumed and transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the rise and waning of variants and successive waves of infection, together with the rollout of vaccines around the world and some associated hesitancy related to them, now is a good time to take stock of what we’ve experienced, what we’ve gotten right and wrong about the virus, and what the future might hold.
The next big bottleneck in the global vaccination effort
The world still needs more coronavirus vaccines, but an additional bottleneck has emerged in many low-income countries: They need help getting shots in arms.
Namibia helps to launch Covid-19 inequality tracker
Namibia has joined France and other countries in launching the Covid Global Accountability Platform (Covid GAP), which will hold the world accountable for inequalities during the coronavirus pandemic.
Duke University and COVID Collaborative Launch Global Accountability Platform to Accelerate Equitable COVID-19 Pandemic Response COVID GAP Seeks Collaborations Around the World
Duke University and COVID Collaborative Launch Global Accountability Platform to Accelerate Equitable COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Experts Call on World Leaders to Commit to a Global Plan of Attack on COVID at Summit
More Than 60 Leading Organizations Across Civil Society, Academia, Philanthropy, Health, and Social Enterprise Define a 6-Point Plan to End the Global COVID-19 Crisis
How a DGHI Vaccine Database Pushed Policymakers on Global Vaccinations
A Global COVID summit convened by the White House this week might not have happened without some timely Duke research data, made freely available when the world needed it most.
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Pope urges COVID inoculations, says vaccines are humanity's friends
Pope Francis says getting the COVID-19 vaccine is ‘an act of love’
Pope Francis and several other members of the clergy appeared in a PSA promoting the COVID-19 vaccines. The PSA is from the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative in cooperation with the Vatican's Dicastery for Integral Human Development.
Pope Francis, Ad Council collaborate to promote COVID-19 vaccines in the Americas
Pope Francis, along with six cardinals and archbishops from North, South, and Central America, worked in collaboration with the Ad Council to produce a public service announcement promoting COVID-19 vaccines.
In PSA, Pope Francis says getting vaccine is ‘act of love’
Pope Francis, along with six cardinals and archbishops from North, South, and Central America, worked in collaboration with the Ad Council to produce a public service announcement (PSA) promoting COVID-19 vaccines.
Vaccination is an act of love
When each individual makes a small act of charity, like getting the COVID-19 vaccine, every gesture added together can transform the world, Pope Francis said in a global ad campaign.
Pope Francis urges people to get COVID-19 vaccine as "an act of love"
Pope Francis said getting the coronavirus vaccine was "an act of love" Wednesday, as the head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics joined a campaign to boost confidence in COVID-19 shots.
Pope Francis says getting vaccinated is 'an act of love'
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is “a simple yet profound way to care for one another, especially the most vulnerable,” Pope Francis said in a new public service announcement.
Pope Francis Stars In Public Service Announcement For COVID Vaccinations
Pope Francis is making history as the first pontiff to ever appear in a public service announcement by lending his presence to an international campaign from the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Pope Francis says getting the COVID-19 vaccine is ‘an act of love’
Pope Francis and several other members of the clergy appeared in a PSA promoting the COVID-19 vaccines.
Pope Francis Joins the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative's "It's Up To You" Campaign to Inspire Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccines
With a message of hope and unity, the Pope and six cardinals and archbishops from North, Central and South America are featured in a new PSA reaching global audiences.
Vaccination is an act of love, Pope Francis says in ad campaign
When each individual makes a small act of charity, like getting the COVID-19 vaccine, every gesture added together can transform the world, Pope Francis said in a global ad campaign.
Covid-19 vaccination: What India can learn from the U.S. experience
Vaccination is the surest way of saving lives and bringing the Indian economy back on track.
Beyond ample supply, hurdles abound in the race to vaccinate the globe
"The U.S. should follow the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) model to generate a U.S. initiative to build vaccination capacity, and the U.S. should call a high-level conference to address vaccine distribution and delivery challenges ahead of the U.N. general assembly meeting in September."
U.S. Global Health Experts Urge G7 Action to Vaccinate the World Quickly and Equitably
Open Letter to G7 leaders proposes a five-point action plan - including sharing of at least one billion doses worldwide this year and striving to vaccinate at least 60% of every country's population in 2022.
The U.S. has promised 80 million vaccine doses to other countries. Experts say it isn’t nearly enough.
"The United States is under pressure to do more to vaccinate the world against Covid-19."
US should pledge to create partnerships for cost-sharing, co-investment to end Covid vaccine crisis
Pressure is mounting on rich nations, like the US to urgently address the global Covid-19 vaccine crisis and worldwide inequities in the availability of vaccines.
Amid growing pressure, Biden announces plans to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines worldwide
President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the US would make 20 million additional vaccines available for other countries by the end of June from its reserves of Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson shots.
Biden Dips Into U.S. Vaccine Supply to Send 20 Million Doses Abroad
"President Biden’s pledge to ship out doses that could have been used domestically was a step toward a global campaign, but activists say much more is needed."
Global experts urge Biden to take five steps to help vaccinate the world
Global policy experts Monday called on President Biden to designate a single coordinator for the U.S. international virus response and take four other specific steps to address worldwide vaccine shortfalls.
Why America’s Next Covid Push Should Be Outside America
Helping the rest of the world get vaccinated isn’t just a humanitarian issue — it’s a national security imperative.
How Philanthropy Can Support Equitable Vaccine Distribution
Four ways philanthropy can effectively partner with governments to support equitable vaccination distribution and ensure that more individuals are vaccinated against COVID-19.