As the board of Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance is set to meet this Wednesday and Thursday, the COVAX global vaccine facility – a cornerstone of the global health sector response on vaccine access – is coming under increased fire for its shortcomings. On the other, even though COVAX is desperately short of vaccines, the facility is now contractually obliged to reserve one in five doses for a few rich countries, she said, adding that so far, COVAX has distributed 80 million doses to LMICs and over 20 million doses to high-income countries (HICs), including the UK and Canada.