Ensuring the global COVID-19 vaccine equity: Universal vaccine access strategy in the context of low and-middle-income countries.

Autor:	Parray, Ateeb Ahmad, Yadav, Uday Narayan, Das, Anupom, Ali, ARM Mehrab, Mollick, Shemana, Saha, Senjuti, Mistry, Sabuj Kanti
Předmět:	VACCINATION MIDDLE-income countries HEALTH services accessibility COVID-19 vaccines ATTITUDE (Psychology) FOOD security WORLD health LOW-income countries NATIONAL health insurance INFECTIOUS disease transmission COVID-19 pandemic
Zdroj:	Global Public Health; Apr2022, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p614-621, 8p
Abstrakt:	Lockdowns and other COVID-19 containment measures enforced to kerb the pandemic have had a massive impact on the overall growth of the world. Income-generating activities have been reduced, but the impact is more consequential among the low- and middle-income countries. The disproportionate access to vaccines between wealthy and poor countries has resulted in 'vaccine apartheid.' An 'every-country-for-itself' approach or 'vaccine nationalism' coupled with 'vaccine hesitancy' has contributed to disproportionate access to and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines. This paper argues that it is time for the decision-makers to adopt a Universal Vaccine Access Strategy (UVAS). The authors argue that sharing resources by establishing local production of vaccines wherever possible, timely donation of unused COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries and addressing vaccine hesitancy have become imperative to interrupt the emergence of new variants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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