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Prabir Purkayastha
Will Monkeypox Outbreak Replay AIDS and Covid-19 Script?
01 Jul 2022
The West cannot keep infectious diseases out any more than claim victory over them. Microbes evolve and strike back unless sporadic outbreaks are tackled wherever they occur.
Associated Press
Vaccine Inequity: African Nations tell UN They Need Vaccines as ‘No One’s Safe Unless we All Aren’t’
24 Sep 2021
More than 82% of the world's vaccine doses have been acquired by wealthy countries, while less than 1% has gone to low-income countries.
Associated Press
In Poorest Countries, Especially in Africa, COVID Surge Combines with Vaccine Shortage
17 Jun 2021
Africa’s 1.3 billion people account for 18% of the world's population, but the continent has received only 2% of all vaccine doses administered globally.
PTI
Vaccine Inequity: US, India, China Got 60% of 2 Billion COVID-19 Doses Distributed to 212 Countries, Says: WHO
05 Jun 2021
Only about 0.5% of doses globally have gone to the lowest income countries that account for about 10% of the world's population.
Prabir Purkayastha
The West is Practicing Vaccine Apartheid on a Global Level
10 Apr 2021
To rich countries, the billions of dollars of vaccine market for Big Pharma far outweigh the benefits of saving millions of lives.
Associated Press
Stalled at First Jab? 60 Countries Hit by Vaccine Shortages, Some of Them Poorest Ones
10 Apr 2021
COVAX, the global initiative to provide vaccines, has in the past week shipped over 25,000 doses to low-income countries only twice on any given day. Deliveries have halted since Monday.