«Taking part in this global effort is in Switzerland's direct interest»
Switzerland is engaged in the global coronavirus pandemic response through its support for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT-A) Accelerator. The tools needed to overcome this crisis are clear: tests, medicines and vaccines. The top priority is too: to ensure everyone has equitable access to medical resources. For an in-depth look at this issue, we spoke with Christian Frutiger, Head of Global Cooperation at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). He shares with us his first-hand experience with ACT-A in the area of diagnostics.
The ACT-A initiative is a remarkable and unprecedented collective response to this type of challenge.
ACT-A objectives are ambitious but, we believe, attainable if all public and private actors, as well as research centres and institutions around the world, work together.
As Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, has reminded us regularly since the crisis began: no one is safe until everyone is safe.
Contact
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Eichenweg 5
3003 Bern
Eichenweg 5
3003 Bern