美国国务院
发言人办公室
华盛顿特区
2022年3月17日
美国向全球捐送5亿剂新冠疫苗
安东尼·布林肯国务卿声明

美国现在已向全球110多个国家和经济体免费捐送了5亿多剂安全和有效的新冠疫苗——它的唯一目的是挽救生命。
从疫情开始以来，我们向120多个国家提供了将近200亿美元的健康、人道、经济和发展援助，包括对紧急健康需求给予快速反应支持和为扩大获取疫苗渠道提供技术支援。我们还投资和支持了在非洲和亚洲扩大新冠疫苗的地区生产能力。今天，我们继续作出不懈努力，与各地政府和国际组织、疫苗生产方、非政府组织、私人行业以及其他方面一道，运送疫苗，接种疫苗，增加检测和治疗，支持和保护医护人员，等等。我们最近宣布的新冠全球行动计划（COVID-19 Global Action Plan）为这一国际协作提供了清晰的路线图。
我们的努力正在全球产生效果。
在巴拉圭，我们捐送的200万剂辉瑞（Pfizer）疫苗得到迅速使用。政府根据美国的模式建立了一个大型接种站，在一周内完成50万剂接种。在赞比亚，总统防治艾滋病紧急救援计划（PEPFAR）利用美国救助计划法案（American Rescue Plan Act）的资金，结合抗击艾滋病病毒/艾滋病工作，帮助在赞比亚10个省的500多个医疗设施完成了将近200万剂新冠疫苗注射。
此外，国务院的专款帮助阿尔弗雷德·坎库兹（Alfred Kankuzi）在马拉维针对在社交媒体上迅速传播的误导信息和假信息编制出应用程序。这个叫做COVID-19 NEBA（“邻居你好”）的应用程序使用齐切瓦语、通布卡语和英语三种文字，让人们更容易从可靠的来源——包括美国疾控中心、世界卫生组织以及马拉维卫生部——获得有事实根据的信息。阿尔弗雷德已经帮助64.8万多位公民同胞获取有关新冠的准确信息
在泰国，国务院的交流项目毕业生利用小笔专款，为清迈府（Chiang Mai Province）的清道（Chiang Dao）居民提供帮助。他们与社区组织联手，用七种地方语言制作如何最有效预防新冠病毒的视频和音频，还与公共卫生官员合作，为乡村卫生健康志愿人员举办预防新冠讲习班，并为村领导提供有效的通讯工具和技巧，从而帮助居民随时了解新冠最新信息——有7万多人获得这些信息。
鉴于疫情尚未结束，这些工作十分重要。许多国家正在抗击奥密克戎（Omicron），我们有可能看到新的病毒变种，因此全球许多生命仍面临危险。美国将继续与各级合作伙伴和社区共同努力，挽救生命，为应对未来的疫情做好准备。
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The United States Shares 500 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Worldwide

PRESS STATEMENT
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE
MARCH 17, 2022
The United States has now shared over 500 million safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses, free of cost, to more than 110 countries and economies around the world – for the sole purpose of saving lives.
Since the start of the pandemic, we have provided nearly $20 billion in health, humanitarian, economic, and development assistance to over 120 countries, including rapid response support for urgent health needs and technical assistance to expand vaccine access.  We have also invested and supported the expansion of regional COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in Africa and Asia. Today, we continue to work tirelessly with governments and international organizations, vaccine producers, NGOs, the private sector, and others to deliver vaccines, get shots in arms, increase testing and treatment, support and protect healthcare workers, and more.  Our recently announced COVID-19 Global Action Plan provides a clear roadmap for this international coordination.
Our work is making a difference around the world.
In Paraguay, our donation of two million Pfizer vaccine doses were quickly administered.  The government set up a mass vaccination site based on a U.S. model and administered 500,000 doses within a week.  In Zambia, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) used American Rescue Plan Act funds to support the administration of nearly two million COVID-19 vaccines through more than 500 health facilities across Zambia’s 10 provinces as part of its work to combat HIV/AIDS.
In addition, a State Department grant helped Alfred Kankuzi in Malawi build his own app to respond to the rapid spread of misinformation and disinformation across social media.  Called COVID-19 NEBA, or “Hey Neighbor,” the app is offered in three languages – Chichewa, Tumbuka, and English – and increases access to fact-based information from trusted sources including U.S. Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, and Malawi’s Ministry of Health.  Alfred has helped over 648,000 fellow citizens access accurate COVID-19 information.
In Thailand, State Department exchange alumni used a small grant to support Chiang Dao residents in the Chiang Mai Province.  Alumni joined community organizations to create visual and audio media in seven local languages on COVID-19 prevention best practices, collaborated with public health officials to conduct COVID-19 prevention workshops for village health volunteers, and provided effective communication tools and techniques to village leaders to help residents stay updated on COVID-19 – reaching more than 70,000 people.
This work is critical because this pandemic is not over.  Many lives are still at risk globally as countries contend with Omicron and we face the possibility of new variants.  The United States will continue to work with partners and communities at every level to save lives and better prepare for future pandemics.