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GLOBAL ALLIANCES AND VACCINATIONS KEY TO FIGHTING COVID-19 DHL BELIEVES FROM 2022 ONWARD, A FURTHER SEVEN TO NINE BILLION DOSES OF VACCINES WILL BE REQUIRED ANNUALLY TO KEEP (RE-) INFECTION RATES LOW
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lobal logistics leader DHL has released a white paper highlighting its learnings from one year of fighting the pandemic and how to prepare to handle public health emergencies in the future. “Revisiting Pandemic Resilience” examines the role played by logistics and supply chain management in handling the largest global health crisis in more than 100 years. DHL has played a vital role in the fight against the virus since the beginning, ensuring the availability and distribution of medicines and medical supplies, test kits, ancillary supplies, treatments, and personal protective equipment (PPE). DHL’s Global Humanitarian Logistics Competence Center in Dubai coordinated the movement of aid and relief for needy communities on behalf of humanitarian organizations. 28 | LOGISTICS NEWS ME | JULY 2021
Global distribution In the past four months, DHL has distributed over 200 million doses of all approved vaccines to over 120 countries through 9,000 operated flights, with more than 350 DHL facilities involved. Over 50 bilateral and multilateral collaborations with partners in both the pharma and public sector and several new dedicated services were created to stem this task. Thomas Ellmann, Vice President, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Head of Clinical Trials Logistics at DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation, said: “The past one year has highlighted the importance of logistics and supply chain management to manage the pandemic, ensure business continuity and protect public health. It has also shown us that together we are stronger. Multisectoral partnerships enabled vaccine distribution at unprecedented speed.” WWW.CBNME.COM
