COVAX - a global multistakeholder group that poses political and health risks to developing

It is doing this by asserting that the financing centrality of both the self-financing track they are the only global body that can be the bridge be- and the track for 92 developing countries, this paper will tween the patent-holding manufacturers and develop- concentrate on the political and economic aspects of the ing countries that need the vaccine for their populations. [...] This Facility Office oversees all the advisory groups, the The COVAX Coordinating Meeting is co-chaired by the workstreams, and provides the core day to day linkage Board Chair of CEPI and the Board Chair of Gavi. [...] As the COVAX pub- WHO is a member of the COVAX Coordinating Meeting, lication on the structure and principles of the partner- the President of the World Health Assembly is not given a ship states “The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is re- chairing role in the COVAX Coordinating Meeting. [...] from UNICEF, ‘industry partner representatives’ from the The composition of the COVAX Coordinating Meeting and International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers the direct connection between the COVAX Facility man- & Associations and the Developing Countries Vaccine agement team and the Board of Gavi effectively margin- Manufacturers Network; and a civil society representative alizes the WH. [...] COVAX, a global multistakeholder group that poses political and health risks to developing countries and multilateralism | 9 The Technical Review Group, the second workstream, is The second branch of the third workstream, the a “crosscutting, multidisciplinary advisory group with ex- Regulatory Advisory Group, is a prime example of multi- pertise in all areas of vaccine research and development, s.