Salon
United Against Covid
How Can an Equitable Vaccine Supply Still Succeed?
Salon: United Against Covid
May 19, 2021
online / via Zoom
The entire world population must be protected as soon as possible to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control. In the second edition of our series “United against Covid” we discussed conflicting national and international interests in vaccine distribution, the challenges for the international community and current solutions. We focused on the international platform COVAX. The initiative pursues the goal of providing vaccines to 20 percent of the population of its member states by the end of the year. According to reports, vaccines to more than 100 countries have been delivered. Yet only 0.3 percent of people in the poorest countries have been vaccinated.
Key Questions
Infrastructure
How is the distribution of vaccines organized on the ground? How can the supply to people in structurally weak and vulnerable areas be secured?
Suspension of Patents
How can sufficient vaccines be provided? What additional opportunities would the suspension of patents through the TRIPS waiver offer?
Global Responsibility
What lessons can be learned from the pandemic to significantly improve international collaboration in Global Health?
Contact Persons
Gregor Darmer, g.darmer@globalperspectives.org
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