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Australia’s vaccine roll-out has been much maligned in recent days. But globally, there’s a more concerning issue — the delays in delivering COVID-19 vaccines to low-income countries through the COVAX initiative.
As Deborah Gleeson explains, COVAX’s aim of delivering 2 billion doses to participating countries by the end of 2021 is threatened by chronic under-investment, vaccine nationalism and export restrictions.
So far, just 38.5 million doses have been shipped, which is far short of the target of 100 million doses by the end of March.
Even more jarring, just 0.2% of the 700 million vaccine doses administered globally have been given in low-income countries, while 87% have been received by people in high-income and upper middle-income countries.
Gleeson says a more sustainable approach is needed to dramatically boost the global supply of vaccines and ensure there’s enough to go around.
With new variants emerging that could prolong the pandemic globally, she warns the rich countries will need to step up. And fast.
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Justin Bergman
Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University
COVAX, the global vaccine distribution initiative, is well behind its goal of delivering 2 billion doses this year due to under-investment, vaccine nationalism and export restrictions.
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Jane E Frawley, University of Technology Sydney
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Jim Stanford, University of Sydney
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