A matter of priority: equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

Felicitas Holzer; Florencia Luna; Tania Manríquez Roa; Nikola Biller-Andorno

doi:10.4414/smw.2021.20488

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Vol. 151 No. 0910 (2021)

A matter of priority: equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

Felicitas Holzer⁺⁻
Florencia Luna⁺⁻
Tania Manríquez Roa⁺⁻
Nikola Biller-Andorno⁺⁻

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20488
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20488
Published: 13.03.2021

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Bollyky TJ, Bown CP. The Tragedy of Vaccine Nationalism: Only Cooperation Can End the Pandemic. Foreign Aff. 2020;99:96. Available from: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-07-27/vaccine-nationalism-pandemic.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility. Preliminary technical design. Discussion document, 2020 June 11. Available from: https://www.keionline.org/wp-content/uploads/COVAX-Facility-Preliminary-technical-design-061120-vF.pdf
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. What is the COVAX pillar, why do we need it and how will it work? Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley explains why it is so important for countries to join the COVAX Pillar and how this will help bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. Interview published 2020 June 26. Available from: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/gavi-ceo-dr-seth-berkley-explains-covax-pillar
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[1] Bollyky TJ, Bown CP. The Tragedy of Vaccine Nationalism: Only Cooperation Can End the Pandemic. Foreign Aff. 2020;99:96. Available from: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-07-27/vaccine-nationalism-pandemic.

[2] Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility. Preliminary technical design. Discussion document, 2020 June 11. Available from: https://www.keionline.org/wp-content/uploads/COVAX-Facility-Preliminary-technical-design-061120-vF.pdf

[3] Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. What is the COVAX pillar, why do we need it and how will it work? Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley explains why it is so important for countries to join the COVAX Pillar and how this will help bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. Interview published 2020 June 26. Available from: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/gavi-ceo-dr-seth-berkley-explains-covax-pillar

[4] Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The COVAX facility. Global procurement for COVID-19 vaccines. 2020. Online available at https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/covid/COVAX-Facility-background.pdf+

[5] Phelan AL, Eccleston-Turner M, Rourke M, Maleche A, Wang C. Legal agreements: barriers and enablers to global equitable COVID-19 vaccine access. Lancet. 2020;396(10254):800–2. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31873-0

[6] Lie RK, Miller FG. Allocating a COVID-19 Vaccine: Balancing National and International Responsibilities. Milbank Q. 2020;1468-0009.12494. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12494

[7] Emanuel EJ, Persad G, Kern A, Buchanan A, Fabre C, Halliday D, et al. An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation. Science. 2020;369(6509):1309–12. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe2803

[8] Emanuel EJ, Luna F, Schaefer GO, Tan KC, Wolff J. Enhancing the WHO’s proposed framework for distributing COVID-19 vaccines among countries. Am J Public Health. 2021;111(3):371–3. doi:.https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.306098

[9] World Health Organization (WHO). Fair allocation mechanism for COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility. 2020 September 9. Available from: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/fair-allocation-mechanism-for-covid-19-vaccines-through-the-covax-facility

[10] Ferguson K, Caplan A. Love thy neighbour? Allocating vaccines in a world of competing obligations. J Med Ethics. 2020;0:1–4.

[11] Safi M. WHO: just 25 Covid vaccine doses administered in low-income countries. The Guardian. 2021 January 18. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/18/who-just-25-covid-vaccine-doses-administered-in-low-income-countries