The hoarding of the COVID-19 vaccine by wealthy nations led to global calls for vaccine equity. Unless wealthy nations commit to change, the monkeypox vaccine rollout could meet a similar fate.
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Most cases in the current global outbreak are occurring among men who have sex with men. So how can this group and others who are at risk protect themselves?
Waiving patent rights on COVID-19 vaccines and drugs is still crucial to ensure access globally, but the waiver on the table at the June World Trade Organization meeting doesn’t do the job.
A highlight of this pandemic is how quickly effective vaccines were developed and rolled out.
CORBEVAX is anticipated to significantly expand vaccine access to people in low- and middle-income countries.
The new variant threatens to infect billions worldwide in early 2022.
In places with low vaccination rates, COVID-19 has the chance to linger, and variants develop and travel. Without global vaccine equity, this entirely predictable pattern will repeat itself.
With low COVID vaccination coverage in southern Africa, some have suggested global vaccine inequities may be responsible for the emergence of Omicron.
Achieving widespread immunity to COVID-19 through vaccination requires as many people as possible to get their shots, including those who object or haven’t bothered.
Are vaxxies just the latest trend in virtue signalling? And even if they are, does that mean they’re not worth it?
Hotspot neighbourhoods with greater COVID-19 risk exposure continued to have higher infection rates even when they achieved vaccination levels equal to lower-risk neighbourhoods.
Much remains to be resolved before the waiver is translated into increased vaccine supply.
Due to early logistical planning, Rwanda had the capacity to store 5 million doses before the vaccines arrived.
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Professor and Distinguished Research Chair, Globalization and Health Equity, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of International Health, Curtin University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
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Associate Professor of Health, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Communication, University of South Carolina
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Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology
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