What’s fuelling the world’s COVID-19 vaccination disparity?

A report has accused leading COVID-19 vaccine producers of failing poor countries.

Amnesty International has warned COVID-19 vaccine developers not to put profits before lives.

The rights group said that by prioritising wealthy nations, Pfizer, BioNTtech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax deprived poor nations of the equal right to doses.

Keep reading

‘Go big’: US doubles COVID vaccine purchases for global sharing

Amnesty blames top COVID jab makers for vaccine inequality

In Pictures: Melbourne anti-vaccine protesters clash with police

Anti-vaccine violence prompts Melbourne building site shutdown

Amnesty is demanding two billion jabs be delivered to the developing world before the end of the year.

Amnesty also denounced the firms for refusing to share vaccine technology or waive patent rights.

The group said drugmakers are fuelling an unprecedented human rights crisis.

But what’s behind that?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Anna Marriott – Health policy manager for Oxfam and Policy lead for the People’s Vaccine Alliance.

Prasanna Saligram – Project coordinator Equitable Access to Essential Health Technologies in the context of COVID-19 project.

Alberto Giubilini – Senior research fellow at Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and author of, The Ethics of Vaccination