b'IMPACT STATEMENT 2021Tackling vaccine inequality:We are only safe when everyone is safe COVID-19 Supporting Ukraines COVID-19 Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has vaccine roll-out prompted impressive responses to fight the Crown Agents has continued its support to the virusfrom developing vaccines at record speed, Government of Ukraine throughout the pandemic. Since to ensuring whole populations are being vaccinated2016, our procurement of medical drugs has saved the within 1.5 years of the outbreak of the pandemic. Ministry of Health more than $62 million. Recently, these With our global footprint, specialist supply chainsavings helped the country to buy 1.5 million items of capabilities and decades of experience workingPersonal Protective Equipment (PPE) for their health alongside governments, Crown Agents was able workers. Following this work, Crown Agents has been to scale up quickly to support our clients as the nominated as the procurement agent for the COVID-19 crisis took hold.vaccine and is purchasing essential doses, syringesThis year, the world moved into the vaccination and medical items to help stop the spread of the virus. stage of response, and we were again at the veryIn February of this year, we were privileged to deliver the forefront of developments. At Crown Agents, wefirst doses of the COVID-19 vaccine into the country and adhere to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)have since procured and delivered almostpledge of leaving no one behind; in fact, it is one 25 million jabs.of our guiding principles. We therefore have focusedour attention in 2021 on combatting vaccine inequalityRolling out the COVID-19delivering vaccines to where they are urgently needed and supporting countries to manage theirvaccination in South Sudanvaccine campaigns.With support from GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, weprovide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health Working with the (MOH), supporting the implementation of COVAX in South UK Government Sudan. As part of this, we coordinate with key partners to plan the vaccine roll-out on a national level. We also Together with the Foreign, Commonwealth andtrain healthcare workers and manage data collection Development Office (FCDO), Crown Agents was one and coordination. of the first organisations to create a COVID-19 vaccineIn country we are also leading the way in identifying emergency supply chain. Our first assignment waspotential new COVID-19 vaccine delivery strategies for to deliver vaccine supplies to the British Overseasthe Government by leveraging existing vaccination Territories. These include some of the most hard-to- platforms and non-vaccination delivery approaches reach communities on earth, such as the Pitcairnto reach target populations. Through our Health Islands and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) researchPooled Fund programme we are additionally operating facility. For safe transportation of the Pfizer 100 vaccination sites across 10 states, training and vaccine, our team had to ensure it was kept resourcing vaccinators, data collection and technical at -70 Celsius throughout its journey, while facingassistance work.global transport disruptions, restricted travel corridors, tropical storms and limited transportation windows of 92 hours to avoid spoilage.A few months later, the UK Prime Minister pledged to share 100 million COVID-19 vaccines within one year at the G7, with 30 million sent by December 2021. Almost immediately, the UK announced a donation of 9 million Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines to help tackle COVID-19 abroad, with 4 million offered bilaterally. To ensure these vaccines arrived safely at their destinations, the FCDO contracted Crown Agentsto manage this complex supply chain operation.By August 2021, we had sent 4.1 million vaccinesto 16 countries across the globe, covering 85,500miles in just eight days. Crown Agents is set to deliver 16 million more doseson behalf of the FCDO in the first half of 2022.08'