Global solidarity & collaboration are essential to overcoming the current pandemic. We are proud to launch the #COVID19 Technology Access Pool, or C-TAP, together with over 30 countries & many partners to help provide equitable access to life-saving technologies around the world. https://twitter.com/who/status/1266394310582439936">https://twitter.com/who/statu...

C-TAP was first proposed by @CarlosAlvQ, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇷" title="Flag of Costa Rica" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Costa Rica">President. Muchas gracias por su liderazgo, mi hermano.

We stand strong together in commitment to ensuring tools to prevent, detect and treat #COVID19 are global public goods that are accessible by all people. https://twitter.com/CarlosAlvQ/status/1266389836623237122?s=20">https://twitter.com/CarlosAlv...

We invite companies or gov& #39;ts that develop an effective #COVID19 therapeutic to contribute the patent to the Medicines Patent Pool, which would sub-license the patent to generic manufacturers. Science is giving us solutions but we need solidarity to make them work for everyone.

Huge thanks to:
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇼" title="Flag of Palau" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Palau">President @LuisLacallePou
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇧🇧" title="Flag of Barbados" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Barbados"> Prime Minister @miaamormottley
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇴" title="Flag of Norway" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Norway">Intl. Development State Secretary @AkselJakobsen3
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇩" title="Flag of Indonesia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Indonesia"> Foreign Minister @Menlu_RI
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇻" title="Flag of Maldives" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Maldives">Health Minister @ameenex
for joining the #COVID19 Technology Access Pool & its launch. Together!

I am very grateful to https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇱" title="Flag of Netherlands" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Netherlands"> Ambassador Monica van Daalen, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇧🇷" title="Flag of Brazil" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Brazil"> Ambassador Maria Nazareth Farani Azevedo and https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇹" title="Flag of Portugal" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Portugal"> President of the National Medicines Authority Rui Ivo, for joining the launch of the #COVID19 Technology Access Pool. Solidarity is key to ending this pandemic.

. @WHO is glad to have support from:
@mbachelet, Higher Commissioner @UNHumanRights
@jagan_chapagain, Secretary General @ifrc
@ShannonHader, Deputy Executive Director @UNAIDS
Paul Fehlner
Richard Wilder, @CEPIvaccines
Hanan Sboul, IGBA
for the #COVID19 Technology Access Pool.

Many thanks to the panelists of the #COVID19 Technology Access Pool launch: @MazzucatoM, Carlos Correa, Jacques Dubochet, @JosephEStiglitz, @DrDuneton, Gregg Alton, @CharlieGore, Achal Prabhala, @Joshuasetipa, @Anna_Marriott for a very fruitful discussion & suggestions! Together!