COVAX: A new global initiative

One bright spark came in the form of the COVAX initiative, formed as a partnership between the World Health Organization, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, with the latter two institutions being multisector partnerships in which civil society plays a role. COVAX came together as a new alliance to respond to a new challenge, mobilising resources to incentivise the production of vaccines by committing to their purchase and distribution at scale.