Vaccine Rollout – How to Ensure Effective & Equitable Distribution?
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has argued:
“In a deadly pandemic, the right to health is the right to life. Every human has the right to be protected. But we need everyone protected as fast as possible—or else we all lose.
The pandemic will not be over anywhere until it is over everywhere. This is the reality of an interconnected world, and that reality can be met only by a reaffirmation of solidarity and an inclusive public-health order that distributes vaccines globally, quickly, and equitably.
To the virus, we are all one herd. To beat it, we must act as one community.”
Nonetheless, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, over 85 poor countries will not have widespread access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023.
ConnexUs recognizes that NGOs have played a key role in the delivery of critical services in the initial response to COVID-19. With vaccines now available, NGOs and practitioners remain crucial to ensuring worldwide distribution.
What role do you believe you and/or your organization can and/or should play in the vaccine rollout? What opportunities and challenges do you anticipate?
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