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CARE responds to 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit: ‘Match our leadership in words with leadership in action’
CARE calls on U.S. Congress to appropriate at least $5 billion for global COVID response as soon as possible, so that we can get shots in arms and deliver tests and treatments to communities at the last mile.
Read MoreAP News: Biden urges world to renew COVID fight as US nears 1M deaths
President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders on Thursday for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he led the U.S. in marking the approaching “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths at home from the virus. He ordered flags lowered to half-staff and warned against “complacency” around the globe.
Read MoreDozens of global health and development organizations express alarm over lack of global COVID funds
CARE and dozens of global health and development organizations released a response after the U.S. Senate agreed on a supplemental COVID-19 funding package that cuts off funding for the global COVID response.
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Analysis by CARE and Booz Allen Hamilton: Lack of Investment in Global Vaccination Campaign Will Result in Prolonged Economic Cost
The potential cost of a prolonged pandemic to the U.S. economy would be at least $207 billion and could reach as high as $671 billion over the next five years, further highlighting the urgency of the global vaccine effort.
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