Expert Views on COVAX and Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines.
Int J Public Health
; 66: 1604236, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1626621
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
We face the impossibility of having enough COVID-19 vaccines for everyone in the near future. This study aims to contribute to the debate on equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, tackling key ethical discussions and policy challenges regarding early phases of COVAX, the global cooperation mechanism for supporting fair vaccine allocation.Methods:
We conducted in-depth interviews with twelve experts and a literature research on academic articles, media sources and public statements. We built a data analysis matrix and conducted a thematic analysis.Results:
Our findings show, first, that interviewed experts who hold different views on vaccine allocation, including moderate nationalist perspectives, agree on joining a global cooperation mechanism. Second, incentives to join COVAX vary greatly among countries. Third, specific barriers to COVAX emerged in the early implementation phase. And fourth, countries might be trapped in a zero-sum game regarding the global vaccine supply.Conclusion:
We present findings that enrich analyses of early phases of COVAX (April 2020-21), we introduce three ethical discussions that provide a common ground for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, and we highlight policy challenges.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Public Health
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijph.2021.1604236
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