Africa: World leaders urged to make firm commitments at Second Global COVID-19 Summit by ACT-Accelerator agency leads

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Africa: World leaders urged to make firm commitments at Second Global COVID-19 Summit by ACT-Accelerator agency leads

[WHO] Geneva -- This week, world leaders will gather to consider crucial next steps in the global COVID-19 response. We applaud the co-hosts of the Second Global COVID-19 Summit -- the United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal -- for bringing together governments from across the globe to make concrete commitments to vaccinate the world, save lives now and build better health security.

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