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More transparency, accountability and inclusion needed in ACT-A – Letter to ACT-A Leadership and Brief from  CS and Community Representatives

On Monday February 22^nd 2021, the Platform sent to the major actors within ACT-A a letter providing details about the changes civil society and communities are asking for in order to increase transparency and accountability in decision-making to ensure the ACT-A is more inclusive going forward. We have called for a new culture of transparency throughout the structure so that if the ACT-A is to be legitimate, accountable and ultimately effective there needs to be a drastic improvement to the depth of engagement with civil society, communities and delegations from LMICs. We have asked for full transparency in contracts negotiated with pharmaceutical companies or research institutions, a detailed map of the current decision-making pathways, governance oversight and processes of consultation from priority setting, resource allocation through to procurement and deployment. We’ve requested civil society and community seats at the “real” decision-making tables.  In its first year, ACT-A has been successful in many ways – for it to really drive and achieve its underlying equity mandate, its time to be more clear, more transparent and more inclusive.

Links to resources on COVID-19, ACT-A, Calls to Action, and other tools.

Diagnostics

• FIND: COVID-19 DIAGNOSTICS & TESTING
• Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator Diagnostics Partnership

Therapeutics

• ACT Accelerator Therapeutics Partnership

Vaccines

• COVAX, the act-accelerator vaccines pillar

Health Systems Connector

General ACT-A

• WHO: Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator
• WHO: ACT-Accelerator update
• UNITAID: ACT-Accelerator Investment Case
• The Global Fund: Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator
• COVID Advocates Advisory Board (CAAB)

Other Key Sites

• The Independent Panel For Pandemic Preparedness and Response