U.S. sends COVID-19 vaccines worldwide [October 2022]

Nurse expanding oxygen mask rubber bands for demonstration (USAID/Lameck Ododo)
The U.S. helped train nurse Sandra Karimi and other health care workers in Kenya to provide therapeutic oxygen. Above, Karimi works at Wangige Hospital in Kenya October 27, 2021. (USAID/Lameck Ododo)

The United States works with international partners to donate COVID-19 vaccines to the world and end the pandemic.

America’s support for the global fight against COVID-19 includes:

  • Donating over 625 million vaccine doses to other countries.
  • Contributing $4 billion to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in support of COVAX, the global initiative to equitably distribute safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.
  • Delivering essential medicines, supplies and therapeutics, as well as other assistance to help countries rebuild economies, overcome food shortages and strengthen health security.

“The United States will be the world’s arsenal of vaccines in our shared fight against this virus,” President Biden said in a June 3, 2021, statement. “We will continue to do all we can to build a world that is safer and more secure against the threat of infectious disease.”

This rolling collection of photos, tweets and articles offers a snapshot of the U.S. efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses worldwide.

October 18

The United States, through COVAX, recently delivered 3 million additional pediatric doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh.

October 14

The United States, through COVAX, recently delivered more than 3.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to four countries in Africa, including 1,000,350 to Sudan and 1,160,640 to Zambia.

October 13

The United States, through COVAX, donated an additional 8 million pediatric doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan.

October 12

Countries will receive lifesaving medicines to treat COVID-19 patients under recently announced U.S.-led initiatives.

Health worker collecting swab sample from woman's nose (© Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Images)
The U.S. is partnering to improve COVID-19 testing and treatment in numerous countries. Above, a patient is tested for COVID-19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 30. (© Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Images)

October 6

The United States donated more than 100,000 additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Tunisia.

October 4

The United States, through COVAX, donated an additional 200,000 pediatric doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Laos.

October 3

The United States convened donors who pledged to provide a record $14.25 billion to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria over the next three years.

Baby getting vaccination (© Baz Ratner/Reuters)
A nurse vaccinates an infant against malaria in Kisumu, Kenya, July 1. (© Baz Ratner/Reuters)

September 27

The United States, through COVAX, provided 1.2 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.

September 24

The United States recently provided more than 1 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Zambia.

September 23

The United States recently partnered with COVAX to ​deliver 1,565,460 vaccine doses to Mozambique and 254,400 pediatric vaccine doses to Rwanda.

September 20

The United States recently delivered more than 50,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova.

This article is being updated periodically during each month and published in monthly segments. See the updates for JulyAugustSeptemberOctober, November and December 2021 and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September 2022.