<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i class="">Full policy brief, slides and Tweets at the link below</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.bu.edu/gdp/2021/09/07/three-pillars-of-vaccine-equity-triaging-the-global-vaccination-challenge/" class="">https://www.bu.edu/gdp/2021/09/07/three-pillars-of-vaccine-equity-triaging-the-global-vaccination-challenge/</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 37px; line-height: 1.15; font-family: Benton, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Three Pillars of Vaccine Equity: Triaging the Global Vaccination Challenge</h2><div class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Benton, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">By <a href="https://www.bu.edu/gdp/profile/katie-gallogly-swan/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(1, 154, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">Katie Gallogly-Swan</a> and <a href="https://www.bu.edu/gdp/profile/rachel-thrasher/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(1, 154, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">Rachel Thrasher</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Benton, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Severe vaccine inequality continues to undermine efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic, but a focus only on distribution eludes a deeper problem: the world is simply not making enough vaccines.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Benton, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">A <a href="https://www.bu.edu/gdp/files/2021/09/GEGI_PB_016_FIN.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(1, 154, 153); text-decoration: none;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">new policy brief</em></strong></a> from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center argues meeting the global vaccination challenge will require attention to three pillars of vaccine equity, all of which must be advanced simultaneously:</p><div class=""><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Benton, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">A TRIPS Waiver at the World Trade Organization to cut through the intellectual property (IP) rights that deter new production</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Technology transfer from vaccine originators to regionally distributed manufacturing hubs</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Robust financing measures to upgrade production facilities and improve vaccine distribution worldwide</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Benton, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">The authors stress that any of these initiatives alone will not be sufficient to meet the needs of the moment. Only a comprehensive approach that advances on all three fronts will transform the outlook for vaccine equity and build resilience and collaboration.</p></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="">
Arthur Stamoulis<br class="">Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">(202) 494-8826<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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