WHO Launches ACT Accelerator

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the access to COVID-19 tools accelerator, or the ACT accelerator, which is aimed at making vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics for COVID-19 accessible worldwide. Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said since January, the WHO has been working with thousands of researchers all over the world to accelerate and track vaccine development - from developing animal models to clinical trial designs, and everything in between. He said the world is facing a common threat, which can only be defeated with a common approach. The WHO joined with many partners to launch the ACT Accelerator.