[ad_1]
Ghana is one of 92 countries that will receive a no-fault claim for serious side effects from people vaccinated with a Covid-19 vaccine acquired from the COVAX facility.
This follows an agreement by the World Health Organization (WHO) that a no-fault lump sum would be provided for severe side effects of the COVAX vaccine to reduce the need for resources for the courts, a potentially lengthy process and expensive.
The program director for the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), Dr Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, said in an interview that Ghana is part of the COVAX facility and “certainly part of the extension compensation system”.
The Covid-19 Vaccine, Global Access Center (COVAX) is a global initiative aimed at ensuring equitable access to Covid-19 diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to all countries, regardless of their wealth.
According to the WHO, COVAX was created to maximize the chances around the world of successfully developing Covid-19 vaccines and manufacturing them in quantities needed to end the pandemic.
Dr Amponsa-Achiano said the compensation was monetary, but was not sure how much people who developed side effects from the COVAX vaccine would receive.
He explained that “vaccines save lives, but because we give them to people who are not sick, some might really be reactive to the ingredients in the vaccine and when that happens, such a person will have to be compensated.”
The program manager for the EPI, added that Ghana would receive about half a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine by Friday February 26 of this year, saying: “We have not yet received the documentation to know the exact doses of vaccine to be expected, but the vaccines are on their way, they were flown yesterday from Bombay and we are following them.
The Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Service, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, also told the GNA that Ghana will not limit itself to one vaccine in particular but will opt for a safe and approved vaccine regardless of the cost. .
“We first opted for AstraZeneca, not because of the cost, but because it is safe and takes into account our existing cold chain,” he added.
He said Ghana had written a letter to all Covid-19 manufacturing companies and only two of them had responded so far.
Dr Asiedu-Bekoe said the COVAX vaccine, which is expected to be in the country on Friday, was free.
“It was acquired at no cost and vaccination will begin one week after arrival among frontline health workers, senior government officials and people with highlighted health problems.
According to him, the vaccination of the first target groups would be done through existing health establishments for a more organized exercise.
He said Ghana had also requested the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine and that the Russian company had reserved around 10 million doses in Ghana at a minimum cost of $ 10 per dose.
A vaccine is a biological preparation which confers active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease and vaccination is a simple, safe and effective way to protect people from harmful diseases, before they come into contact with them.
Source link
