Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) meets all the technical conditions to immediately accept, store and distribute the amount of one million vaccines of all manufacturers which are operating under the COVAX program, as was stated at an online meeting of members of the Presidency of BiH with the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Chairman of the BiH Presidency, Milorad Dodik, and other two members Zeljko Komsic and Sefik Dzaferovic, spoke with the Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Difficulties and delays in the delivery of vaccines to BiH through the United Nations (UN) COVAX mechanism were discussed.
The BiH Presidency members stressed that BiH fulfilled all its financial and other determined obligations in the last year and that it expects the same from the COVAX program and vaccine manufacturers that operate within this program.
The conclusion was that the Cover Letter and the Agreement on Compensation and Liability between BiH and the vaccine manufacturers should be signed as soon as possible, as subsequently added obligations. Also, the readiness of the manufacturers to deliver the entire quantity of vaccines within clearly specified deadlines was discussed.
It was stated that BiH meets all the technical conditions to immediately accept, store, and distribute the amount of one million vaccines of all manufacturers operating under the COVAX program.
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) meets all the technical conditions to immediately accept, store and distribute the amount of one million vaccines of all manufacturers which are operating under the COVAX program, as was stated at an online meeting of members of the Presidency of BiH with the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Chairman of the BiH Presidency, Milorad Dodik, and other two members Zeljko Komsic and Sefik Dzaferovic, spoke with the Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Difficulties and delays in the delivery of vaccines to BiH through the United Nations (UN) COVAX mechanism were discussed.
The BiH Presidency members stressed that BiH fulfilled all its financial and other determined obligations in the last year and that it expects the same from the COVAX program and vaccine manufacturers that operate within this program.
The conclusion was that the Cover Letter and the Agreement on Compensation and Liability between BiH and the vaccine manufacturers should be signed as soon as possible, as subsequently added obligations. Also, the readiness of the manufacturers to deliver the entire quantity of vaccines within clearly specified deadlines was discussed.
It was stated that BiH meets all the technical conditions to immediately accept, store, and distribute the amount of one million vaccines of all manufacturers operating under the COVAX program.
The members of the BiH Presidency thanked Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, for his support to BiH in the procurement of vaccines and requested that the WHO and COVAX program be involved in this process until the final delivery of vaccines, as was announced from the BiH Presidency.s
