世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞任命瑞典前总理卡尔·比尔特担任COVID-19工具加速器（ACT-Accelerator）特使1。比尔特将领导该加速器的倡议工作，协调涵盖疫苗、诊断、治疗和卫生系统等多个支柱的工作1，以推进新冠疫苗、检测和治疗的全球公平分配1。他接替了前任特使恩戈齐·奥孔乔-伊维拉和安德鲁·威蒂1。
比尔特曾担任瑞典总理和外交部长，具有丰富的国际外交经验1。谭德塞在声明中指出："比尔特的任命恰逢全球团结和获得救命工具比以往任何时候都更加重要"1。比尔特本人表示："感染在全球所有地区都在上升，疫苗民族主义的危险在增长，必须加强整个抗疫工作范围"1。
根据ACT-Accelerator的目标，该加速器计划到2021年底向全球高风险人群公平分配至少20亿剂疫苗1，诊断支柱在2021年的目标是采购和分配至少9亿份分子和抗原快速诊断检测1。
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has named Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, as Special Envoy for the COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator).1 Bildt will lead the initiative's advocacy efforts and coordinate work across multiple pillars—including vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics, and health systems—to advance equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments.1 He succeeds previous envoys Ngozi Okonkjo-Iweala and Andrew Witty.1
The ACT-Accelerator aims to distribute at least 2 billion vaccine doses equitably to high-risk populations worldwide by the end of 2021, while its diagnostics pillar targets procurement and distribution of at least 900 million molecular and rapid antigen diagnostic tests in the same timeframe.1 Tedros stated that Bildt's appointment comes "at a time when global solidarity and access to life-saving tools are more important than ever."1 Bildt, drawing on extensive international diplomatic experience as a former Swedish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, acknowledged the urgency: "Infections are rising in all regions of the world, the danger of vaccine nationalism is growing, and we must strengthen the entire scope of the pandemic response."1
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