{"id":562445,"date":"2023-03-11T17:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T14:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/leaders-say-never-again-to-vaccine-inequity\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T14:19:06","slug":"leaders-say-never-again-to-vaccine-inequity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/leaders-say-never-again-to-vaccine-inequity\/","title":{"rendered":"#Leaders say &#8216;never again&#8217; to vaccine inequity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37c39b58226\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37c39b58226\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/leaders-say-never-again-to-vaccine-inequity\/#%E2%80%9CLeaders_say_%E2%80%98never_again_to_vaccine_inequity%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Leaders say &#8216;never again&#8217; to vaccine inequity&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/leaders-say-never-again-to-vaccine-inequity\/#%E2%80%98Peoples_vaccines\" >&#8216;People&#8217;s vaccines&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLeaders_say_%E2%80%98never_again_to_vaccine_inequity%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Leaders say &#8216;never again&#8217; to vaccine inequity&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/vaccine-15.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/vaccine-15.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/vaccine-15.jpg\" alt=\"vaccine\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Three years since the Covid pandemic began, nearly 200 prominent world figures called on Saturday for the vaccine inequity seen during the crisis to be relegated to history.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We ask world leaders to pledge &#8216;never again&#8217;,&#8221; the current and former dignitaries said an open letter.<\/p>\n<p>It was published to mark the three-year anniversary since the World Health Organization first described the Covid-19 crisis as a pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, coordinated by the NGO coalition People&#8217;s Vaccine Alliance, was signed by Timor-Leste President Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta, who won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, alongside the former leaders of more than 40 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Several other Nobel laureates, faith leaders, and former United Nations secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> Ban Ki-moon were among the signatories, alongside a range of current and former UN agency heads.<\/p>\n<p>With the end of the pandemic in sight, &#8220;the world is at a critical juncture&#8221;, they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Decisions made now will determine how the world prepares for and responds to future global health crises. World leaders must reflect on mistakes made in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic so that they are never repeated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter criticised the glaring inequity that characterised the response to the pandemic, which has officially killed nearly seven million people worldwide, although the true toll is believed to be far higher.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Peoples_vaccines\"><\/span>&#8216;People&#8217;s vaccines&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While a number of highly effective vaccines against Covid-19 were developed at record speed, wealthy nations were quick to snap up most of the initial doses, leaving vulnerable people in many poorer nations waiting in vain for jabs.<\/p>\n<p>Still today, fewer than a third of people in low-income countries have received at least one vaccine dose, while three quarters of people have in high-income countries, according to UN data.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are decades of publicly funded research behind Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and tests,&#8221; the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Governments have poured taxpayer money by the billions into research, development and advance orders, reducing the risks for pharmaceutical companies,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are the people&#8217;s vaccines, the people&#8217;s tests and the people&#8217;s treatments,&#8221; it insisted.<\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;instead of rolling out vaccines, tests and treatments based on need, pharmaceutical companies maximised their profits by selling doses first to the richest countries with the deepest pockets&#8221;, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The letter pointed to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-022-02064-y\">study last year<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> journal <i>Nature<\/i> estimating that 1.3 million fewer people would have died of Covid if the jabs had been distributed equitably in 2021, amounting to &#8220;one preventable death every 24 seconds&#8221; that year.<\/p>\n<p>The letter urged leaders to support the tricky, ongoing international negotiations towards a pandemic accord, to ensure that equity is a key feature in the final agreement.<\/p>\n<p>This, it stressed, would require governments to agree on the thorny issue of waiving intellectual property rules automatically if international public health emergencies arise, to ensure the sharing of medical <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> and knowhow.<\/p>\n<p>It also called for large-scale investments to develop scientific innovation and manufacturing capacity in the global south, to ensure that vaccines and treatments can be quickly developed and rolled out in all regions.<\/p>\n<p>With such actions &#8220;world leaders can begin to fix the structural problems in global health that have held back the response to Covid-19, HIV and AIDS and other diseases&#8221;, it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is time to embed justice, equity and human rights in pandemic preparedness and response.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2023 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Leaders say &#8216;never again&#8217; to vaccine inequity (2023, March 11)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 11 March 2023<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2023-03-leaders-vaccine-inequity.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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