WHO ACT-Accelerator Appeal: Supporting the spinal cord of the global COVID-19 response, December 2021

Overview

This document sets out WHO’s unique role and funding requirements to deliver on its role and work under the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT)-Accelerator, October 2021 to September 2022. The ACT-Accelerator – and WHO’s funding requirement within it – is a subset to WHO’s global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) which outlines WHO’s overall objectives and funding needs for the COVID-19 response.

The ACT-Accelerator needs US$23.4 billion until September 2022. Of this, WHO’s funding needs are $1.57 billion, less than 7% of the total ask. This is an urgent call for the international community to fund the low cost, high impact work of the WHO to deliver on its new role within the new ACT-Accelerator.