COVAX, vaccine donations and the politics of global vaccine inequity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2021, donor countries, the pharmaceutical industry, and the COVAX initiative promoted vaccine donation or "dose-sharing" as a main solution to the inequitable global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. COVAX positioned itself as a global vaccine-sharing hub that promised to share doses "equitably, effectively and transparently," according to rational criteria overseen by independent scientists. This article provides a critical analysis of the principles and practice of "dose-sharing," showing how it reveals the politics at play within COVAX.

Results

Donated doses were an important source of COVAX's vaccine supply in 2021, accounting for 60% of the doses the initiative delivered (543 million out of 910 million). However, donations could not compensate fully for C

SUBMITTER: de Bengy Puyvallee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8897760 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature