COVAX & Team Europe ‘Not Structural Solutions’ To COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity
Executive Summary
The medicines access organization, WEMOS, says that COVAX and “Team Europe” are welcome initiatives but they do not address the longer-term issues involved in making countries more self-sufficient in COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing. The organization has set up a website to analyze the various initiatives under way to make vaccines available to less wealthy countries.
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