Africa Leader

26/09/2021

Blasting vaccine inequity, African leaders have called for fair access. This bleak picture was echoed by Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who called the level of global vaccine inequity "appalling" in her maiden speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

"It is truly disheartening to see that whilst most of our countries have inoculated less than 2 percent of our populace and thus seek more vaccines for our people, other countries are about to roll out the third dose," she said, calling on countries with surplus vaccine doses to share them with countries in need.

While it was through solidarity and cooperation that countries were able to access medical supplies during the virus outbreak last year, the global community has not sustained those principles in securing equitable access to vaccines, said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa while addressing the meeting virtually.

Ramaphosa called for a temporary waiver of some provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights at the World Trade Organization, which will allow low- and middle-income countries to produce vaccines.

Leaders from countries outside Africa also spoke out against the widening vaccine inequality and joined the call for fair vaccine access.

Bolivian President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora condemned the continued inequity in global vaccine distribution, stressing that no one should seek to profit from the global health crisis.

He called on transnational companies to waive their patents and urged the UN and governments to work in solidarity to avoid vaccine hoarding.

Source - Africa Leader/Xinhua: https://www.africaleader.com/news/271282791/blasting-vaccine-inequity-african-leaders-call-for-fair-access

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