New books at the State Library of Queensland.

Fair Doses: An Insider's Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity by Seth Berkley https://www.amazon.com.au/Fair-Doses-Insiders-Pandemic-Vaccine/dp/0520413164/

#books #access2meds #health #vaccines #Covid #COVAX #thenextpandemic

While this book does provide a helpful inside account of the foundation and operation of COVAX, and insights into the struggles for vaccine equity, the failure to properly address the civil society debate over intellectual property and access to essential medicines was perplexing.

#BillGates #Vaccines #IP #Patents #COVAX: "There’s no denying Gates was subject to conspiracies, including that he was putting microchips in Covid vaccines and might be a lizard person. But there was also righteous anger aimed at him for opposing an effort to waive intellectual property (IP) rights on the vaccines so more companies could manufacture them and sell them at much lower cost to increase access in the Global South. Gates pushed the COVAX initiative, claiming it would get vaccines to low-income countries despite the IP rules, that largely failed and actively spread misinformation in the media about the ability of other facilities around the world to manufacture Covid vaccines. He was accused of enabling vaccine apartheid. That was no conspiracy theory, but you won’t hear anything about that in the series. According to its narrative, all the anger he faced was based on misinformation."

https://disconnect.blog/gates-washing-the-future/

📢 Ever wondered how COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have fared globally? 💉

Let's dive into a real-world example from #Belize. Our study aimed to uncover the factors associated with #vaccine uptake, hesitancy, and intention.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136223001213?via%3Dihub

#publichealth #vaccines #vaccineresearch #vaccinex #Belize #healthcare #vaccination #vaccine #covax #globalhealth #Healthsystems #infectiousdiseases #covid #COVID19 #medicines #pandemic #sarscov2

#TeamEurope has just delivered 1.5 million #COVID19 vaccines to Nepal through #COVAX!
The vaccine support from Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece & Italy will contribute to Nepal’s efforts to continue vaccinating people across the country. More: https://bit.ly/3zQ0iRg

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinNepal/status/1646102849510846464

"Will there ever be any historical accountability for the decisions by wealthy countries to promise fairness through the #Covax scheme, only to turn around and short-change the global supply so dramatically in the heart of the emergency?"

The JRB presents an excerpt from "#StrangeAndDifficultTimes: Notes on a Global Pandemic" by #NanjalaNyabola

#coronavirus #CoronavirusAfrica #Covid19 #Covid19Africa #VaccineEquity #CovidVaccines #books

https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2023/02/17/every-african-who-has-been-paying-attention-to-the-global-covid-19-response-is-angry-listen-to-us-as-we-tell-you-why-read-an-excerpt-from-strange-and-difficult-times/