UPS Healthcare and The UPS Foundation make financial and in-kind commitment to facilitate equitable worldwide vaccine deliver...
March 04 2021 - 12:00AM
UPS Healthcare and The UPS Foundation make financial and in-kind
commitment to facilitate equitable worldwide vaccine deliveries
UPS (NYSE: UPS), The UPS Foundation and UPS Healthcare are moving
quickly to support an equitable delivery program and sustainable
global supply chain of COVID-19 vaccines. UPS, in collaboration
with COVAX, Gavi, the vaccine alliance and CARE will initially
facilitate the delivery of 20 million doses for countries that have
not had sufficient access to vaccines, including top priority
groups like healthcare workers.
“We believe we have the ability – and responsibility – to
facilitate and accelerate equitable COVID-19 vaccine delivery
around the world,” said Scott Price, President UPS International.
“UPS continues to build and inspire action across a network of
global public-private partnerships that will ensure vaccines move
more efficiently and equitably. Our work focuses on countries with
limited resources and constrained supply chains and
infrastructures. The goal is simple and our commitment is
unwavering – moving our world forward by delivering what
matters.”
The latest global vaccination rate is approximately six million
doses per day. According to several studies, at that rate it would
take an estimated 5.4 years to cover 75 percent of the global
population with a two-dose vaccine. The role of public-private
partnerships is a vital component in building global solutions for
global challenges, such as the pandemic, and the needed access to
vaccines to fight it.
Building partnerships
Global success hinges upon bringing together and mobilizing the
right partnerships. Helping to establish and fuel these efforts,
UPS Healthcare and The UPS Foundation will:
- Provide transportation solutions that leverage UPS cold-chain
technology
- Dedicate ultra-low temperature freezer donations necessary to
maintain vaccine dose viability at the correct temperature in
varying environments
- Commit UPS loaned executives to provide logistics expertise and
coordination with vaccine manufacturers and NGO partners to manage
and streamline deliveries
This initial level of support from The UPS Foundation is more
than $3 million in contributions to our global partners. This
capacity building effort is made up of a $2 million grant directed
to Gavi who is matching the grant to bring it to $4 million. With
the addition of $1 million of in-kind support, The UPS Foundation
is providing transportation, donating cold-chain capacity in the
form of freezers and lending technical expertise to partners in
need.
This comprehensive level of support amounts to more than $5
million in support of equitable vaccine distribution and health
systems strengthening efforts across Gavi-supported countries.
“With supply limited for the foreseeable future, COVID-19
vaccines are arguably the world’s most precious commodity this
year,” said Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi. “With every dose being
so important, it is critical to ensure that our partner countries
have the necessary support and tools to deliver vaccines
effectively and efficiently to those who need them. This new
support builds on the long-standing partnership between Gavi and
the UPS Foundation, which is focused on ensuring that every child
in Gavi-supported countries receives lifesaving vaccines.”
The UPS Foundation is also providing support for CARE’s Fast +
Fair initiative, which is focused on equitable distribution of
COVID-19 vaccines to at-risk groups including healthcare workers,
caregivers and refugees in 11 initial countries including
Bangladesh, Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, India and South
Sudan.
“We are interdependent as a global community – no one is safe
until everyone is safe,” said Nikki Clifton, President of The UPS
Foundation. “Now is the time to link our arms around the world. Now
is the time to deliver vaccines – and hope – to everyone,
regardless of wealth or location.”
Collectively, these public-private efforts, such as the one in
Ghana, are designed to ensure COVID-19 vaccines
begin flowing quickly to countries in dire need. Through UPS and
partner support, more than 10 million people in countries across
Africa, Asia, Europe and South America will receive the COVID-19
vaccine in the first wave of vaccine distribution.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is one of the world’s largest package delivery
companies with 2020 revenue of $84.6 billion, and provides a broad
range of integrated logistics solutions for customers in more than
220 countries and territories. The company’s more than 540,000
employees embrace a strategy that is simply stated and powerfully
executed: Customer First. People Led. Innovation Driven. UPS is
committed to being a steward of the environment and positively
contributing to the communities we serve around the world. UPS also
takes a strong and unwavering stance in support of diversity,
equity and inclusion. The company can be found on the Internet at
www.ups.com, with more information at www.stories.ups.com and
www.investors.ups.com.
About The UPS Foundation
Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a legacy as a caring
and responsible corporate citizen, supporting programs that provide
long-term solutions to community needs. Founded in 1951, The UPS
Foundation leads its global citizenship programs and is responsible
for facilitating community involvement to local, national, and
global communities. In 2020, UPS and its employees, active and
retired, invested more than $122.3 million in charitable giving
around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found on the web at
UPS.com/Foundation and @UPS Foundation on Twitter. UPS’s
Humanitarian Relief & Resilience Program invested nearly $6.3
million and made 2,700 in-kind shipments across 115 countries in
2020.
About UPS Healthcare
UPS Healthcare has more than 10 million square feet of cGMP- or
cGDP-compliant healthcare distribution space globally. UPS
Healthcare services include: inventory management,
temperature-controlled packaging and shipping, storage and
fulfillment of medical devices, labs and clinical trial logistics.
UPS Healthcare’s global infrastructure, its newest UPS Premier
visibility service, its track and trace technology, and its global
quality system are well-suited to meet today’s complex logistics
demands for the pharmaceutical, medical device and laboratory
diagnostic industries.
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