What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines
What can the New York City Marathon teach those hoping to increase global vaccine equity? Quite a lot, it turns out.
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Read more: Reclaiming Global Public Health Reclaiming Global Public Health
The promise of COVID vaccines has been unevenly realized: fault lines have emerged between those able to secure doses and those left behind.
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Read more: COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach
For COVID treatments and diagnostics to be broadly available at affordable prices, their IP must be considered a global public good.
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Read more: Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics
Research funding contracts can help to safeguard against inequities in global allocation and distribution of lifesaving diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.
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Read more: Decolonizing the Pandemic Treaty Through Vaccine Equity Decolonizing the Pandemic Treaty Through Vaccine Equity
Putting vaccine equity at the center of a pandemic treaty will already be a huge step towards global health’s decolonization.
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Read more: The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good
The pandemic has laid bare the lack of regulation for the sharing of intellectual property needed for an effective and equitable response.
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Read more: Promoting Vaccine Equity Promoting Vaccine Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief longstanding equity problems surrounding the allocation of newly developed vaccines.
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Read more: Access-to-Medicines Activists Demand Health Justice During COVID-19 Pandemic Access-to-Medicines Activists Demand Health Justice During COVID-19 Pandemic
Activists in the access-to-medicines movement have mobilized to combat the threat of vaccine/therapeutic apartheid during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read more: The Prospects for an IP Waiver Under the TRIPS Agreement The Prospects for an IP Waiver Under the TRIPS Agreement
Going forward, practical solutions should focus on scaling up manufacturing and supply, and improving access and affordability.
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Read more: US Support for a WTO Waiver of COVID-19 Intellectual Property – What Does it Mean? US Support for a WTO Waiver of COVID-19 Intellectual Property – What Does it Mean?
An explanation of the WTO waiver of COVID-19 intellectual property, what the U.S. declaration of support means, and likely effects of the waiver.
