Although Covid-19 vaccines were developed at an astounding speed, there was a major gap between high-income and low and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the timely access to medical countermeasures during the pandemic. Intellectual property rules, the absence of manufacturing capacity in LMICs, and problems in the supply chain all contributed to this gap. To better …
The ‘One Health’ concept recognizes that human, animal, and environmental health are interlinked, and as such calls for interdisciplinary integration and cross-sectoral cooperation. One Health covers matters such as the prevention of zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and food security. The Covid-19 pandemic has displayed the critical importance of a One Health approach, yet the approach …
With the development of COVID-19 vaccines within a year of the outbreak, science has scored an incredible achievement. The current challenge is to make these vaccines rapidly, fairly and equitably accessible to people around the globe. While wealthy countries have purchased vaccine doses, low- income countries lack the resources and lag behind. Intellectual property rights …
COVID-19 is arguably the biggest threat and challenge confronting the world since World War Two ended. It is difficult to recall any other event where the established norms upon which the world functions have been altered so drastically. From the way we work to the way we interact, learn, trade, travel and live, it is …
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