This uneven distribution of life-saving interventions is reminiscent of what was seen 25 years ago with access to HIV treatment. Today, that pandemic holds essential lessons for the latest disease outbreak - and in particular, the quest for an equitable - and effective - global Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. In the HIV pandemic, delays in the global roll-out of HIV treatment led to deaths the world could have prevented. The same could now be said about the stark inequality in global Covid-19 vaccine distribution: lives that could have been saved will be lost. Today, institutions like these have been a model for the World Health Organisation’s Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative, which is trying to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 immunisations globally.

Source: News 24 July 21, 2021 02:48 UTC