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Hello. My name is Zakaraka Foko from Zambia and I'm the director of One Day Africa. I think that creating a world which is equitably prepared and equipped to deal with future pandemics is the best protection. Flights of people like myself in lower middle income countries should be better considered with the goal of ensuring vaccine equity as evidence from the several variants of coveted 19. The pandemic taught us that without vaccine equity or health equity, outbreaks have the potential to be prolonged while countless lives are lost with each passing day. At international level, creating adequate capacity for all regions in the world to conduct local research and build capabilities for vaccine manufacturing is a realistic needs. We have also seen that even the best intentions fail when funding is lacking or inadequate. It is for this reason that we must set up a global Pandemic insurance fund. These funds would be released for the equitable purchase of vaccines for everyone everywhere in the world. Thank you.

Zacharia