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Vacuna Johnson and Johnson con eficacia de 85% contra enfermedad grave Covid-19 24 FEB 21
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Vaccine nationalism and vaccine equity — Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée
I was recently made aware of the fact that 10 wealthy countries have monopolized 75% of all vaccinations delivered worldwide. This has led the United Nations to sharply criticize the world’s wealthy countries for hogging Covid vaccines. In light of growing vaccine nationalism, many voices have for long been calling for global sharing of vaccines. But it turns out 130 countries have not received a single dose of a Covid vaccine. Thus, we are at a critical moment when vaccine equity appears to be the biggest moral test before the global community.
Indeed, numerous recent opinion pieces in the media have highlighted how vaccine nationalism – driven by power and competition between states aimed at protecting the national interest – has several negative consequences for low-income countries. A few days ago, Kenya petitioned the UN Security Council to urge wealthy countries not to hoard surplus Covid-19 vaccine supplies, adding its voice to calls for global production to be shared more equally.
Without equal access to vaccines, public-health experts have warned that the pandemic could continue to live on residually for years on end, resulting in more deaths and further economic collapse. When the virus remains endemic somewhere, it will continue to pose a threat everywhere.
But there are also some promising initiatives currently underway. One of these is the COVAX Initiative – the drive to ensure that vaccines reach low-income countries – which the World Health Organization and countries like Norway have been promoting as the fastest way to end the pandemic. But how effective has it been thus far? And are countries being generous in allocating resources to this Initiative?
To discuss vaccine nationalism, the merits of the COVAX Initiative and vaccine diplomacy being carried out by China and India, I am joined by Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée, who is working on a PhD in political science and is based at the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo. Over the years, he has worked extensively on global health governance and global cooperation to manage dangerous disease outbreaks such as Ebola. He has been particularly active in the media of late in pointing out the dangers of vaccine nationalism.
- Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée on Twitter
- Dan Banik and In Pursuit of Development on Twitter
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Professor Dan Banik (@danbanik @GlobalDevPod)
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Semáforo naranja se mantiene en CDMX; autorizan a restaurantes operar en interiores
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Biden made big Covid promises. Can he keep them?
How to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine ethically — Aksel Braanen Sterri
As Covid vaccines become available, health officials, policymakers, philanthropic organizations and people like you and me are being confronted with numerous ethical challenges and moral dilemmas. Who should get the vaccines first and how long should others wait? What about the inequality of access to vaccines between countries?
Some of us may agree that rich countries have a moral responsibility to subsidize vaccination programs around the world. But how best can this be achieved? And what types of principles such as fairness, equity, effectiveness and reciprocity should we apply?
To discuss these issues, I am joined by Aksel Braanen Sterri, a Norwegian political scientist and philosopher who has recently argued that Norway should donate all its vaccines to low-income countries, and that Norway should be at the back of the vaccine queue rather than being in front. He also claims that helping these more needy countries ought to be viewed as an investment in our common future rather than an act of charity.
Aksel recently completed a PhD in philosophy and teaches applied ethics at the University of Oslo. In addition to being a postdoctoral fellow, he writes a column in an influential Norwegian daily and is a regular contributor to the Norwegian public debate on a wide range of social and political issues.
We discussed the role of philosophers in addressing current global challenges, the various proposals currently doing the rounds on how best the world can distribute Covid vaccines, why Norway and other rich countries ought to subsidise or donate vaccines to more needy countries and groups and what constitutes vaccine justice.
- Aksel Braanen Sterri on Twitter
- Dan Banik and In Pursuit of Development on Twitter
- Photo of Aksel Braanen Sterri by Matthis Kleeb Solheim
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Professor Dan Banik (@danbanik @GlobalDevPod)
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A Welcome Change of Course – Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation
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COVID-19 Impact: The Vaccine
ಕರೋನ ವ್ಯಾಕ್ಸೀನ್ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ! COVID-19 Vaccines are Coming.
Hosts Pavan Srinath and Ganesh Chakravarthi talk to each other about the latest news on COVID-19 vaccines, how they were developed, the science of how they work, and the road ahead.
On Episode 84 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast, Pavan talks to Ganesh about why the news from November is excellent and provides great hope for effective vaccines. He shares how this progress was possible within 10 months, what questions we have new answers to about the Coronavirus and the importance of careful progress ahead.
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Global Translations, Ep. 2: Can we make enough vaccine?
Presenting... Global Translations: Can we make enough vaccine?
México paga anticipo para adquirir vacunas contra Covid-19
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