{"id":110299,"date":"2021-06-04T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T04:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=110299"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:52:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T05:22:16","slug":"lessons-from-eus-efforts-to-end-vaccination-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lessons-from-eus-efforts-to-end-vaccination-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons From EU\u2019s efforts to end Vaccination gap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis: \u00a0<\/strong> EU is helping other low-income countries to get access to vaccines. The same needs to be done by other countries to close the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/managing-vaccine-shortage-by-proper-gap-between-vaccinations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vaccination gap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A widely vaccinated world population is the only way to end the pandemic. Otherwise, the Covid virus will undergo multiple mutations, and it will undermine the effectiveness of existing vaccines.<\/li>\n<li>Vaccination is also a prerequisite for lifting the restrictions that are depriving our economies and freedoms.<\/li>\n<li>Given the importance of vaccination for all, it is worrisome to know that,<strong> Vaccination apartheid <\/strong>exists<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Till now, only 2.1% of Africans had received at least one dose of a <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-new-covid-19-vaccine-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If the vaccination gap persists, it is likely to reverse the trend in recent decades of declining poverty and global inequalities.<\/li>\n<li>In this context, the EU\u2019s lead role in helping low-income and middle-income countries to get vaccinated is a shining example of global solidarity.<\/li>\n<li>Other developing countries should follow the EU\u2019s path to ending the Pandemic globally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are the efforts made by the EU to supply vaccines to low-income countries?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>First, at an ideological level, the EU has rejected the idea of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vaccine-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaccine nationalism<\/a>\u2019.<\/strong> The EU has been vaccinating its own population while exporting large volumes of vaccines and contributing substantially to the roll-out of the vaccine in low-income countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second, contribution through Research and development. <\/strong>EU\u2019s new generation of <strong>mRNA vaccines<\/strong> contributed significantly to the large-scale production of Vaccines. Till now, The EU has exported 240 million doses to 90 countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third, support through multilateral institutions. For instance, <\/strong>The EU has been the main contributor to the COVAX facility. It enables poorer countries to access vaccines. Also, around one-third of all COVAX doses delivered so far has been financed by the EU.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourth, through aid and Commercial channel. For instance, <\/strong>European industrial partners have committed to deliver 1.3 billion doses of vaccines before the end of 2021 to low-income countries at no-profit, and to middle-income countries at lower prices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fifth, funding to African nations to boost manufacturing capacity in Africa for vaccines. For instance, <\/strong>Team Europe had allocated \u20ac1 billion funding from the EU budget and European development financial institutions. It aims to boost manufacturing capacity in Africa by working along with African partners.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Way forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All countries must avoid restrictive measures that affect vaccine supply chains. For example, Vaccine Nationalism, restriction in sharing key ingredients required to manufacture vaccines, etc.,<\/li>\n<li>Further, countries need to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technology to boost vaccine production through a Voluntary licensing mechanism.<\/li>\n<li>Also, the mechanism of <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-compulsory-licensing\/\"><strong>compulsory licensing<\/strong> <\/a>guaranteed under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and the 2001 Doha Declaration can be enforced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Health is a global public good. To close the vaccination gap, global health cooperation is needed as foreseen by the <strong>Rome Declaration<\/strong> recently adopted at the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-health-summit-2021-adopted-rome-declaration\/\"><strong>Global Health Summit.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GDF8KQIQ1.1&amp;imageview=0\">The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: \u00a0 EU is helping other low-income countries to get access to vaccines. The same needs to be done by other countries to close the vaccination gap. Background A widely vaccinated world population is the only way to end the pandemic. Otherwise, the Covid virus will undergo multiple mutations, and it will undermine the effectiveness&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lessons-from-eus-efforts-to-end-vaccination-gap\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lessons From EU\u2019s efforts to end Vaccination gap<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1333],"class_list":["post-110299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-ir_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704572175},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}