Rights, Transparency Central for Covid-19 Vaccines
- Publisher:
- Medecins Sans Frontieres
- Publication Date:
- 29 October 2020
- Tags:
- Africa, Coronavirus, Human Rights
Governments should maximize Covid-19 vaccine access and affordability for people worldwide, and those funding vaccines with public money should be transparent about the terms and conditions attached, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Governments should support India and South Africa's proposal to waive some aspects of global intellectual property (IP) rules to enable large-scale manufacturing and make vaccines affordable for all.
The 62-page report, "'Whoever Finds the Vaccine Must Share It': Strengthening Human Rights and Transparency around Covid-19 Vaccines, "examines three significant barriers to universal and equitable access to any vaccine that is found to be safe and effective - transparency, supply, and pricing.
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