Will Europe give more vaccines to Africa?
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English - November 03, 2021 11:34 - 25 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews roundtable discussion interview politics current affairs foreign affairs economy news current events debates heated discussions Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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With many countries crowing about their high Covid vaccination rates, take a moment to consider this - Africa has used 80 per cent of the vaccines it has, yet only five percent of Africans have been fully inoculated.
Which means quite simply Africa just isn’t getting enough doses. Who’s to blame? Well big pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to allow others to make vaccines using their know-how - reluctant to waive the rights they have under patent protection. Can that be changed? And by the way, big pharma is not alone!
Guests:
Fatima Hassan
Founder of Health Justice Initiative
Kathleen Van Brempt
Member of the European Parliament
Luke McDonagh
Assistant Professor of Law London School of Economics