Tag: Vaccine equity
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Monkeypox – the next global vaccine equity failure?
Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has turned out to be the catastrophic moral failure the World Health Organization’s director-general warned about at the beginning of 2021. International efforts to equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses failed miserably during 2020-2021, when wealthy countries bought up the bulk…
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Monkeypox in Australia: should you be worried? And who can get the vaccine?
Jaya Dantas, Curtin University On July 23, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took the unprecedented step and declared the monkeypox outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” – the highest global alert level for a disease outbreak. Following this and with 45 cases in Australia, Chief Medical…
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The Code COVID-19 International Update – 18 November 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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The Code COVID19 International Update – 14 October 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the world to test, track and fight the virus. It’s compiled by Dr Priscilla Robinson, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at LaTrobe University, and an editor for…
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US support for waiving COVID vaccine intellectual property is a huge step. Australia must follow
Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University Yesterday, the US Biden administration declared its support for waiving intellectual property rights, including patents, for COVID-19 vaccines. This decision represents a huge breakthrough in discussions at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that have been deadlocked for more than six months. Shortly afterwards, New Zealand’s…
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Covid-19 Vaccines: Ethics and Who is “Us”
Terry Slevin A pandemic is not a competition between companies, but a race between humanity and a virus. (Nature editorial, 30 March 2021) The Covid-19 vaccination program is the dominant health and political news story of the last few months. It is also becoming an ethical discussion of the difference…
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Over 700 health experts are calling for urgent action to expand global production of COVID vaccines
Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University and Michael Toole, Burnet Institute Today, we are joining over 700 health professionals and academics in sending an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging him to take a leadership role in expanding the global production of COVID-19 vaccines and other medical tools to…
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More talk, no action: Australia’s approach to trade rules restraining vaccine production
Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 outbreak is a portent of the “catastrophic moral failure” the head of the World Health Organization warned of in January due to poor countries being pushed to the back of the vaccine queue. Australia has gifted 8,000 doses to PNG, and…
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PHAA encourages Australians to support the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Public Health Association Australia Since the arrival of COVID-19 on our shores nearly 13 months ago, Australia can take enormous pride in its world class response to the pandemic. In every measure, from our overall case numbers, to lives lost, to the impact on our way of life, the position…