Vaccine Nationalism of Rich Countries: A Self-Defeating Approach With No Winners
2 years, 7 months ago

Vaccine Nationalism of Rich Countries: A Self-Defeating Approach With No Winners

News 18  

Just a week ago, Danish officials confirmed that they will be doing away with more than 1.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as their efforts to give them to other countries have failed. While on one hand, several rich countries like Denmark have vaccines in surplus, on the other hand, The Duke Global Health Innovation Centre has estimated that the majority in low-income countries will have to wait until 2023 to be vaccinated. What is Vaccine Nationalism Vaccination nationalism occurs when a government acquires doses through a pre-purchased arrangement with the manufacturer, prioritising its own people while limiting vaccine access in other countries. Peter Marks, who directed the early stages of vaccine development in the United States, compared vaccine distribution to wearing oxygen masks during a flight, saying, “You put on your own first, and then we want to aid others as rapidly as possible.” This method, in which wealthy countries acquire vaccines in excess, leaving poorer countries to suffer, is also known as the “every nation to itself” approach. Vaccine Nationalism before COVID-19 While the phrase has gained attention in the past two years, it isn’t the first time that rich countries have done this.

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Explained | Can vaccine distribution be made fairer?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Can vaccine distribution be made fairer?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity, a joint effort by the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization and the University of Oxford with cooperation across the UN system, has put out recent data that justifies the vexatious core of the vaccine distribution programme: Only one in four people has been vaccinated with at least …

How India Pursued Covid-19 Vaccine Diplomacy Amid Vaccine Nationalism By Rich Nations
2 years, 4 months ago

How India Pursued Covid-19 Vaccine Diplomacy Amid Vaccine Nationalism By Rich Nations

ABP News  

The last 30 months have seen the world getting ravaged by Covid-19. When rich nations of the Global North were stockpiling and hoarding Covid-19 vaccines, many times more than their population, India not only spearheaded one of the largest vaccine drives within the country but also shared the vaccine doses with low- and middle-income countries worldwide. India supplied 23.9 crore …

Europe considers new COVID-19 strategy: Accepting the virus
2 years, 11 months ago

Europe considers new COVID-19 strategy: Accepting the virus

Associated Press  

MADRID — When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. Speaking at a World Economic Forum panel on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious diseases doctor in the U.S., said COVID-19 could not be considered endemic until it drops to “a level that it doesn’t disrupt society.” The European …

The world has failed at vaccine equity. Will 2022 be different?
3 years ago

The world has failed at vaccine equity. Will 2022 be different?

Al Jazeera  

On December 4, 2020, a 90-year-old grandmother in the United Kingdom became the first person in the world to receive a vaccine proven to be highly effective against COVID-19, kicking off a rollout of inoculants developed with unprecedented speed under dire circumstances in high-income countries across the globe. “I think that’s unquestionable.” The COVAX scheme initially aimed to achieve a …

WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding
3 years ago

WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization expressed concerns Thursday that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again, complicating efforts to stamp out the pandemic. “What is going to shut down disease is for everybody who is especially at risk of disease to become vaccinated,” said Dr. …

WHO warns against rich nations hoarding jabs to fight Omicron
3 years ago

WHO warns against rich nations hoarding jabs to fight Omicron

Al Jazeera  

Key problem for international dose-sharing programme is wealthy countries donating COVID-19 vaccines with short shelf life, WHO says. The World Health Organization official has warned that wealthy countries may start hoarding COVID-19 vaccines again, threatening global supplies as they seek to shore up stocks to fight the new Omicron variant of coronavirus. The comments on Thursday by the agency’s vaccine …

‘Vaccine apartheid': Africans tell UN they need vaccines
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Vaccine apartheid': Africans tell UN they need vaccines

Associated Press  

As wealthy countries begin to consider whether to offer their populations a third COVID-19 shot, African nations still waiting for their first gave this stark reminder to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday: “No one is safe unless we are all safe.” That message was repeated throughout the day as the inequity of vaccine distribution came into …

African leaders highlight vaccine inequity in UNGA speeches
3 years, 3 months ago

African leaders highlight vaccine inequity in UNGA speeches

Al Jazeera  

The inequity of COVID-19 vaccine distribution came into sharper focus on Thursday as many leaders of African countries, whose populations have little to no access to the life-saving shots, stepped to the podium to speak at the United Nations General Assembly. “It is an indictment on humanity that more than 82 percent of the world’s vaccine doses have been acquired …

Rich countries to have 1.2bn surplus COVID vaccine doses
3 years, 3 months ago

Rich countries to have 1.2bn surplus COVID vaccine doses

Al Jazeera  

By end of 2021, rich countries will have 1.2 billion doses of vaccine shots not earmarked for donations. Wealthy countries could potentially have a surplus of more than one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses available by the end of the year that are not designated as donations to poorer nations, according to a new analysis Vaccine stock in Western countries has …

Explained: Why is Europe giving Vietnam so many COVID-19 vaccines?
3 years, 3 months ago

Explained: Why is Europe giving Vietnam so many COVID-19 vaccines?

The Hindu  

Italy and Romania last week became the latest European countries to donate COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam. On top of that, Vietnam is a large recipient of vaccines donated by the COVAX scheme, which has received roughly a third of its overall funding from EU states through their "Team Europe" initiative. "Over the past few months, in every meeting with foreign …

Call to allow developing countries to produce Covid vaccines, amid fears of new variants
3 years, 4 months ago

Call to allow developing countries to produce Covid vaccines, amid fears of new variants

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Many of the deaths we mourn today could have been …

WHO says vaccinated countries must stop ordering booster shots until others are fully vaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

WHO says vaccinated countries must stop ordering booster shots until others are fully vaccinated

ABC  

Countries should not be ordering booster shots for their vaccinated populations when other countries have not yet received COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization said. Key points: Dr Tedros urged Pfizer and Moderna to send more of their vaccines to COVAX, the UN vaccine program for low and middle-income countries WHO's chief scientist says there is no evidence that boosters …

Vaccine nationalism is morally indefensible, says WHO Director-General
3 years, 5 months ago

Vaccine nationalism is morally indefensible, says WHO Director-General

India Today  

World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has criticised the "morally indefensible" vaccine nationalism at a time when millions of health workers across the world have not yet been vaccinated. "We have just passed the tragic milestone of 4 million recorded COVID-19 deaths, which likely underestimates the overall toll," Dr Tedros said at a press conference on Wednesday. Vaccine …

Opinion: I'm Nigerian. I'm Vaccinated. Europe Won't Let Me In
3 years, 5 months ago

Opinion: I'm Nigerian. I'm Vaccinated. Europe Won't Let Me In

NPR  

Europe Won't Let Me In Enlarge this image toggle caption Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images I'm fully vaccinated. COVAX, the vaccine distribution program co-led by the World Health Organization, has distributed more than 89 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Those brick walls are part …

Just Give Us the Vaccines, WHO Pleads, as Poor Countries Go Wanting
3 years, 5 months ago

Just Give Us the Vaccines, WHO Pleads, as Poor Countries Go Wanting

News 18  

Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great risk from COVID-19, while the poorest countries cruelly lack doses, the World Health Organization said on Friday, condemning a global failure. The situation in Africa, where new infections and deaths jumped by nearly 40% last week compared to the previous week, is “so dangerous” as …

Refocused vaccination campaigns are possible
3 years, 6 months ago

Refocused vaccination campaigns are possible

The Hindu  

Poornima and Ashok, 80-year-old parents of two and grandparents of three, have been hunkered down in their Mumbai apartment for a year. Though the High Court asked that the plan be modified to provide vaccines to the general public alongside ration card holders, we would propose prioritisation of the marginalised when vaccine supply is limited in order to minimise the …

As rich nations race ahead, Africa barely makes a dent with COVID vaccinations
3 years, 6 months ago

As rich nations race ahead, Africa barely makes a dent with COVID vaccinations

LA Times  

In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. “It is extremely concerning and at times frustrating,” said Africa CDC Director Dr. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist who is trying to ensure that some of the world’s poorest nations get a fair share of vaccines in a marketplace where they can’t …

The US secured 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Medical ethicists say it should share with other countries
3 years, 7 months ago

The US secured 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Medical ethicists say it should share with other countries

CNN  

CNN — With the coronavirus pandemic spiraling out of control in India and other developing regions, the United States this week committed to sharing 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries. “I do believe that the US is obligated to share vaccines with other countries,” said Keisha Ray, an assistant professor and bioethicist at UTHealth McGovern Medical …

India's plight shows global solidarity needed to fight common enemy
3 years, 7 months ago

India's plight shows global solidarity needed to fight common enemy

China Daily  

A paramedic uses an oximeter to check the oxygen level of a patient inside an ambulance while waiting to enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in Ahmedabad, India, April 22, 2021. Before that, Washington had rejected New Delhi's plea for help — refusing to export materials needed to produce COVID-19 vaccines — saying …

India's plight shows global solidarity needed to fight common enemy
3 years, 7 months ago

India's plight shows global solidarity needed to fight common enemy

China Daily  

A paramedic uses an oximeter to check the oxygen level of a patient inside an ambulance while waiting to enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in Ahmedabad, India, April 22, 2021. Before that, Washington had rejected New Delhi's plea for help — refusing to export materials needed to produce COVID-19 vaccines — saying …

Global COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest, says WHO
3 years, 8 months ago

Global COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest, says WHO

India TV News  

The number of new COVID-19 cases per week worldwide has nearly doubled over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate seen so far during the pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Friday. He attributed the alarming increase to rapidly spreading variants, inconsistent use and premature easing of public health measures, fatigue of populations with social restrictions, and …

Salvaging strategy: On scaling up COVID-19 vaccinations
3 years, 8 months ago

Salvaging strategy: On scaling up COVID-19 vaccinations

The Hindu  

India’s aggressive second wave of coronavirus infections marked by over 1,50,000 cases a day and many deaths is clearly the result of irrational exuberance early in the new year. After prematurely assuming that COVID-19 was virtually over, governments made rash decisions to allow large religious gatherings and political campaigns with little regard for disease control. Allowing all proven vaccines to …

COVID-19 surge: AAP MLA Raghav Chadha calls for 'vaccine universalisation' in letter to Narendra Modi
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 surge: AAP MLA Raghav Chadha calls for 'vaccine universalisation' in letter to Narendra Modi

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Terming vaccine universalisation and vaccine nationalism need of the hour, AAP leader Raghav Chadha wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying there must be a strict India-first rule as citizens’ needs must be given priority over exports to other countries. He urged the government to prioritise vaccinating the entire 135 crore in India before “earning trivial international laurels”. …

Share COVID-19 vaccines, don't stockpile them: UN Secretary-General tells developed counties
3 years, 8 months ago

Share COVID-19 vaccines, don't stockpile them: UN Secretary-General tells developed counties

Firstpost  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticized developed countries for creating a “stockpile” of Covid-19 vaccines, and called on them to share with the rest of the world to help end the pandemic. “I’m very concerned with this very unfair distribution of vaccines in the world,” Guterres said in an interview broadcast Sunday by the Canadian channel CBC. “It’s in the interest …

Countries urge drug companies to share vaccine know-how
3 years, 9 months ago

Countries urge drug companies to share vaccine know-how

Associated Press  

PARIS — In an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s largest city lies a factory with gleaming new equipment imported from Germany, its immaculate hallways lined with hermetically sealed rooms. WHO called for vaccine manufacturers to share their know-how to “dramatically increase the global supply.” “If that can be done, then immediately overnight every continent will have dozens of …

Opinion: Without a global vaccine plan, coronavirus variants could lead to untold number of deaths
3 years, 9 months ago

Opinion: Without a global vaccine plan, coronavirus variants could lead to untold number of deaths

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Edward Bergmark is the founder and retired Chief Executive Officer of Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. As this picture comes into better focus, it becomes increasingly clear that wealthier developed nations’ “me-first” mentality – one that prioritizes the vaccination of its citizens while paying scant attention to the fate of poorer countries around the globe – …

A call for global vaccine justice
3 years, 10 months ago

A call for global vaccine justice

Al Jazeera  

Only a truly global vaccination strategy can ensure equal value is placed on the lives of the rich and the poor. As wealthy countries roll out domestic vaccination plans, emerging COVID-19 variants threaten their success: recent data suggest that several vaccines currently in use may provide reduced efficacy against new variants. Towards this end, we must take three urgent steps: …

每日一词∣疫苗公平合理分配 fair and equitable distribution of vaccines
3 years, 10 months ago

每日一词∣疫苗公平合理分配 fair and equitable distribution of vaccines

China Daily  

在联合国安理会2月17日举行的公开会上，中方呼吁各方加强国际抗疫合作，强调“人民至上”的原则。中方指出，各方应该携手抵制 “疫苗民族主义”，促进疫苗公平合理分配。 China called for enhanced international cooperation on COVID-19 vaccines and emphasized a people-first approach in the fight against the pandemic at the United Nations Security Council's open meeting on February 17. China called on all parties to come together to reject vaccine nationalism, and promote fair and equitable distribution of vaccines. 2021年2月10日，中国政府援助赤道几内亚的一批新冠疫苗顺利运抵马拉博。这是中国政府向非洲国家提供的第一批疫苗援助 。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 经历了新冠疫情肆虐的一年，疫苗为人类战胜病毒带来了希望。然而，全球疫苗分配不公问题日渐突出，“疫苗民族主义”和富国“自我优先”等做法正在不同国家和群体间造成“免疫鸿沟”，对全球构建抗疫统一防线的努力造成冲击。 全球化背景下，人类社会相互依存，应对共同挑战不能各自为战。新冠病毒快速跨境传播特性，决定了应该采取全球联防联控策略，而在当前产能、接种能力相对有限的情况下，疫苗也应得到公平合理的分配，特别是发展中国家平等获得疫苗的权利应得到保障，从而实现全球免疫成效的最大化。这是全球尽早战胜疫情、恢复经济的关键。 中国最早承诺将自主研发的疫苗作为全球公共产品，加入“新冠肺炎疫苗实施计划”和世卫组织发起的“全球合作加速开发、生产、公平获取新冠肺炎防控新工具”倡议，不断为全球抗疫注入信心与希望。随着产量大幅提升，中国正积极为缓解全球疫苗供不应求做出贡献，而中国疫苗公平合理的价格也有望极大减轻发展中国家的经济负担。 【重要讲话】 …

Vaccine nationalism: Why hoarding COVID jabs may prolong pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Vaccine nationalism: Why hoarding COVID jabs may prolong pandemic

Al Jazeera  

United Nations chief has criticised global distribution, noting that 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccine doses. In his address to the UN Security Council, Guterres slammed the global distribution of vaccines as “wildly uneven and unfair”, noting that 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccine doses. On Friday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to …

每日一词∣疫苗公平合理分配 fair and equitable distribution of vaccines
3 years, 10 months ago

每日一词∣疫苗公平合理分配 fair and equitable distribution of vaccines

China Daily  

在联合国安理会2月17日举行的公开会上，中方呼吁各方加强国际抗疫合作，强调“人民至上”的原则。中方指出，各方应该携手抵制 “疫苗民族主义”，促进疫苗公平合理分配。 China called for enhanced international cooperation on COVID-19 vaccines and emphasized a people-first approach in the fight against the pandemic at the United Nations Security Council's open meeting on February 17. China called on all parties to come together to reject vaccine nationalism, and promote fair and equitable distribution of vaccines. 2021年2月10日，中国政府援助赤道几内亚的一批新冠疫苗顺利运抵马拉博。这是中国政府向非洲国家提供的第一批疫苗援助 。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 经历了新冠疫情肆虐的一年，疫苗为人类战胜病毒带来了希望。然而，全球疫苗分配不公问题日渐突出，“疫苗民族主义”和富国“自我优先”等做法正在不同国家和群体间造成“免疫鸿沟”，对全球构建抗疫统一防线的努力造成冲击。 全球化背景下，人类社会相互依存，应对共同挑战不能各自为战。新冠病毒快速跨境传播特性，决定了应该采取全球联防联控策略，而在当前产能、接种能力相对有限的情况下，疫苗也应得到公平合理的分配，特别是发展中国家平等获得疫苗的权利应得到保障，从而实现全球免疫成效的最大化。这是全球尽早战胜疫情、恢复经济的关键。 中国最早承诺将自主研发的疫苗作为全球公共产品，加入“新冠肺炎疫苗实施计划”和世卫组织发起的“全球合作加速开发、生产、公平获取新冠肺炎防控新工具”倡议，不断为全球抗疫注入信心与希望。随着产量大幅提升，中国正积极为缓解全球疫苗供不应求做出贡献，而中国疫苗公平合理的价格也有望极大减轻发展中国家的经济负担。 【重要讲话】 …

‘Wildly unfair’: UN boss says 10 nations used 75% of all vaccines
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Wildly unfair’: UN boss says 10 nations used 75% of all vaccines

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres urges wealthy nations to lead global effort to ensure people in every country get inoculated for COVID as soon as possible. The United Nations chief has sharply criticised the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, pointing out that just 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations. “Less than 1 percent of COVID-19 vaccines so …

Opinion: To stop the global pandemic, rich countries need to stop hoarding vaccines
3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: To stop the global pandemic, rich countries need to stop hoarding vaccines

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Stephen Cockburn is head of economic and social justice at Amnesty International. In response, European officials have introduced temporary export restrictions on vaccines produced in its territories, giving member states the option of limiting exports outside the EU to countries like the UK, the United States and even South Africa. This is according to analysis in December 2020 …

What is ‘vaccine nationalism’ and why is it so harmful?
3 years, 10 months ago

What is ‘vaccine nationalism’ and why is it so harmful?

Al Jazeera  

Countries scrambling to be the first to inoculate their populations will achieve little if others go unvaccinated as a result. “Whilst there is a wish amongst leaders to protect their own people first, the response to this pandemic has to be collective.” The concern over less wealthy countries not having access to a vaccine is a serious one, and it …

Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
3 years, 10 months ago

Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations program, so the small Central American country struck out on its own, securing the shots through a private deal. Countries including Serbia, Bangladesh and Mexico recently began vaccinating citizens through donations or commercial deals — an approach that could leave …

Vaccine Nationalism Will Prolong Covid-19 Pandemic, Says WHO Chief, Calls for Global Solidarity
3 years, 10 months ago

Vaccine Nationalism Will Prolong Covid-19 Pandemic, Says WHO Chief, Calls for Global Solidarity

News 18  

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said the vaccine nationalism will prolong the COVID-19 pandemic as he expressed concern that some countries are rolling out vaccine only for their own citizens while the world’s least developed nations only wait and watch. Ghebreyesus said it would be exactly one year on Saturday since the WHO’s emergency committee declared a public …

Rich countries hoarding COVID-19 vaccines, says South African President Ramaphosa
3 years, 10 months ago

Rich countries hoarding COVID-19 vaccines, says South African President Ramaphosa

The Hindu  

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday accused rich countries of “hoarding” coronavirus vaccines “The rich countries of the world went out and acquired large doses of vaccines from developers and manufacturers, and some countries have even gone beyond and acquired four times what their population needs,” he said. “There’s just no need for a country, which perhaps has 40 …

If poor countries don't get access to COVID-19 vaccines, rich countries will also pay: Study
3 years, 11 months ago

If poor countries don't get access to COVID-19 vaccines, rich countries will also pay: Study

Firstpost  

In monopolizing the supply of vaccines against COVID-19, wealthy nations are threatening more than a humanitarian catastrophe: The resulting economic devastation will hit affluent countries nearly as hard as those in the developing world. In the most extreme scenario — with wealthy nations fully vaccinated by the middle of this year, and poor countries largely shut out — the study …

WHO: Rich nations, vaccine firms should stop bilateral deals
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO: Rich nations, vaccine firms should stop bilateral deals

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization chief appealed on Friday to makers of COVID-19 vaccines and the wealthier countries buying them to “stop making bilateral deals,” saying they hurt a U.N.-backed effort to widen access to the jabs. “Now, we are “I urge countries and manufacturers to stop making bilateral deals at the expense of COVAX,” said Tedros, the WHO …

Rich countries are hoarding COVID-19 vaccines. Elsewhere, the pandemic may keep killing for years
4 years ago

Rich countries are hoarding COVID-19 vaccines. Elsewhere, the pandemic may keep killing for years

LA Times  

An Israeli nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the Barzilai Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Rich nations have gobbled up nearly all the global supply of the two leading COVID-19 vaccines through the end of 2021, leaving many middle-income countries to turn to unproven drugs developed by China and Russia while poorer states face long waits …

Despite promises of solidarity on Covid-19, rich countries are snapping up the supply of promising vaccines
4 years ago

Despite promises of solidarity on Covid-19, rich countries are snapping up the supply of promising vaccines

CNN  

Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — When 90-year-old Margaret Keenan received the world’s first clinically authorized and tested Covid-19 vaccine earlier this week, the end of the Covid-19 pandemic seemed finally in reach. The People’s Vaccine Alliance, an international vaccine watchdog that includes Amnesty International and Oxfam, said this past week that rich countries have bought enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to …

‘Moral issue’: African official blasts COVID vaccine inequality
4 years ago

‘Moral issue’: African official blasts COVID vaccine inequality

Al Jazeera  

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director warned continent might not see vaccines until after the second quarter of 2021. Africa’s top public health official has said “it will be extremely terrible to see” rich countries receiving COVID-19 vaccines while African countries go without it, especially as a new surge in cases begins on the continent of 1.3 billion …

Covid-19 vaccines are being hoarded by rich countries, leaving the developing world behind, groups warn
4 years ago

Covid-19 vaccines are being hoarded by rich countries, leaving the developing world behind, groups warn

CNN  

London CNN — Rich countries have bought enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to immunize their populations three times over, an international vaccine watchdog has said, but developing countries are being left behind in the global sprint to end the coronavirus pandemic. “No one should be blocked from getting a life-saving vaccine because of the country they live in or the amount …

How Rich Countries Are 'Hoarding' The World's Vaccines, In Charts
4 years ago

How Rich Countries Are 'Hoarding' The World's Vaccines, In Charts

NPR  

How Rich Countries Are 'Hoarding' The World's Vaccines, In Charts Loading. "Part of the reason is that rich countries are hoarding the vaccine supply," Lusiani says. When these doses become available over the next year, some wealthy counties will likely end up with more vaccine than they need, says Andrea Taylor, who helps direct the Duke Global Health Innovation Center. …

Poor Countries Fall Behind In Race To Reserve COVID-19 Vaccine
4 years, 1 month ago

Poor Countries Fall Behind In Race To Reserve COVID-19 Vaccine

NPR  

Poor Countries Fall Behind In Race To Reserve COVID-19 Vaccine Enlarge this image toggle caption Adriana Adie/NurPhoto via Getty Images Adriana Adie/NurPhoto via Getty Images Rich countries are rapidly claiming the world's lion's share of future doses of COVID-19 vaccine, creating deep inequalities in global distribution. Despite an international agreement to allocate the vaccine equitably around the world, billions of …

Vaccine Nationalism Will Only Prolong Coronavirus, Not Shorten it, Warns WHO chief
4 years, 1 month ago

Vaccine Nationalism Will Only Prolong Coronavirus, Not Shorten it, Warns WHO chief

News 18  

The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday called for global solidarity in the rollout of any future coronavirus vaccine, as the number of cases soared across the world. In a video address at the opening of the three-day World Health Summit in Berlin, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the only way to recover from the pandemic was together and …

What is the most ethical way to distribute COVID-19 vaccine among nations, once an effective one is available?
4 years, 3 months ago

What is the most ethical way to distribute COVID-19 vaccine among nations, once an effective one is available?

Firstpost  

An international group of ethicists on Thursday criticized the WHO’s goal of distributing vaccines to treat 20 percent of each country’s population. An international group of ethicists on Thursday criticized the World Health Organization’s goal of distributing coronavirus vaccines to treat 20 percent of each country’s population, proposing instead what they said was a more equitable system of distribution. The …

Race for coronavirus vaccine could leave some countries behind
4 years, 6 months ago

Race for coronavirus vaccine could leave some countries behind

India Today  

As the race for a vaccine against the new coronavirus intensifies, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get immunized first — leaving significant questions about whether developing countries will get any vaccine before the pandemic ends. Among several global efforts underway to try to ensure developing countries don’t get …

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