https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/99-percent-of-people-in-poorer-countries-are-still-unvaccinated-here-s-why-we-need-to-take-action-now/
Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the world's7.9 billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the COVID-19 pandemic. As of June 21, 2021, 10.04% of the global population had been fully vaccinated, nearly all of them in rich countries. Only 0.9% of people in low-income countrieshave received at least one dose.

https://www.un.org/en/un-chronicle/protecting%20lower-income%20countries%20with%20covid-19%20vaccines%20requires%20global%20solidarity
8 February 2021 T he COVID-19 pandemic is a global catastrophe that has led to colossal loss of lives and livelihoods. Its knock-on impact in lower-income countries is particularly severe. Pre

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-57558401
A large number of poorer countries receiving Covid-19 vaccines through a global sharing scheme do not have enough doses to continue programmes, the World Health Organization has said. WHO senior

https://www.reuters.com/world/more-vaccines-climate-help-needed-poorer-nations-say-un-non-aligned-movement-2021-10-11/
Developing nations and the head of the United Nations on Monday demanded a fairer global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and more funding from rich countries to help poorer ones adapt to a

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/08/1053647185/low-income-nations-need-covid-vaccines-rich-countries-have-millions-of-unused-do
There's been a massive ramp up in production of COVID-19 vaccines. Yet low income nations still aren't getting enough. Analysts say it's because wealthy countries are buying way more than they need.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/finding-solidarity-in-an-effort-to-vaccinate-the-world
As long as COVID-19 is out there, it's a threat.Unless vaccine supplies are shared more equitably, it's estimated that the world's poorest countries will not be able to reach a vaccination rate of 60 percent until 2023 or later. 1 Atthar Mirza and Emily Rauhala, "Here's just how unequal the global coronavirus vaccine rollout has been," Washington Post, May 6, 2021, washingtonpost.com.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/10/solidarity-covid-19-vaccines-key-step-bridging-rights-divide-between-rich
NEW YORK (21 October 2022) - Inequitable vaccine availability during the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the great disparity between the global North and South in accessing critical resources for the fuller realisation of human rights, a UN expert said.

https://www.un.org/en/delegate/global-disparity-access-essential-vaccines-says-who-report
Several of the top 20 most widely used vaccines, such as the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), and human papillomavirus (HPV), measles, and rubella-containing vaccines, each currently rely

https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-022-00817-5
Background With large swathes of the world's population—majority clustered in low- and middle-income countries—still yet to receive the minimum of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; The need to address the failures of international solidarity to equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines is now more urgent than ever to help curb the pandemic and prevent future variants. However, many high

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-supports-global-covid-19-fight-through-humanitarian-assistance-and-vaccine-equity-push
Published by WHO/AFRO in September 2021. The United States Government donated 264,690 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Sierra Leone to help accelerate its vaccination drive. These were delivered in two tranches through COVAX, co-led by WHO, Gavi, the Global Vaccines Alliance and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9235252/
COVAX set an initial goal of delivering 2 billion doses of vaccines to poorer nations by the end of 2021, with each participating country receiving sufficient doses to vaccinate its highest priority populations and 20% of its general population. ... Human-centered global solidarity justifies vaccine cooperation ... A Guide To Global COVID-19

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55795297
Covax, external was created last year to ensure that Covid vaccines are made available around the world, with richer countries subsidising costs for poorer nations.. The scheme hopes to distribute

https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065622
He maintained that a COVID-19 vaccine must be seen as "a global public good - a people's vaccine". The UN chief lauded the "incredible work" of GAVI, the vaccine alliance, and its partners in allowing people of all ages and income levels throughout the world to access vaccines. "The United Nations is proud to be part of this

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102462
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere. The Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy aims to inoculate 40 percent of people in all countries by the end of the year, and 70 percent by the middle of 2022.

https://theconversation.com/3-ways-to-vaccinate-the-world-and-make-sure-everyone-benefits-rich-and-poor-155943
3. Rich countries can donate spare vaccines. Rich countries can donate vaccines to poorer countries. France's President Emmanuel Macron said richer countries should send up to 5% of their

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/hpm.3341
Now, as the global community faces vaccine shortages, vaccine equity must become a reality. This article argues the urgency of global solidarity and an urgent need to exacerbate global access to vaccines. Addressing complicated bot-tlenecks in distribution and delivery will require that production capacities and health infrastructures can ramp up

https://www.vox.com/22759707/covid-19-vaccine-gap-covax-rich-poor-countries-boosters
Covax, a global initiative that aimed to purchase and distribute 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines for countries in need by the end of 2021, has only delivered 400 million doses across 145

https://www.undp.org/press-releases/un-calls-urgent-action-debt-vaccines-around-world
Washington —The United Nations called this week for expanded debt relief to all developing countries that request it and faster, more equitable COVID-19 vaccinations to tackle "unprecedented" fallout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "To avoid a development crisis, the world must avoid a debt crisis," UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said on behalf of the United Nations in

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7y7mx6
COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out around parts of the world, but there are now calls to make sure developing nations also have access. The pressure comes as richer nations snap up more doses of the various vaccines being produced. Reggie Cecchini explains the consequences for poorer countries if they don't get the needed amount

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/rich-countries-dose-sharing-covid-19/
Vaccine nationalism is one of the greatest challenges standing in the way of a global equitable response to COVID-19.. Because this pandemic knows no borders, delivering vaccines to everyone, everywhere, is crucial to stopping the spread of the virus; yet most rich nations are hoarding doses for their own populations, often with devastating consequences on the rest of the world.

https://www.businessinsider.com/un-covid-19-project-struggles-vaccines-for-poorer-countries-2020-12?op=1
COVAX, the global alliance to ensure a fair supply of coronavirus vaccines in poorer countries, is struggling in its mission, according to the Associated Press (AP). It has acquired only 10% of

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-06-20/macron-and-african-leaders-push-for-vaccines-for-africa-after-covid-19-exposed-inequalities
Many African leaders and advocacy groups say Africa was unfairly locked out of access to COVID-19 treatment tools, vaccines and testing equipment — that many richer countries bought them up in

https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2021/march/20210310_covid19-vaccines
US, UK and EU blocking proposals at WTO to help poorer countries get vaccines more quickly. One year on from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the People's Vaccine Alliance is warning that developing countries are facing critical shortages of oxygen and medical supplies to cope with COVID-19 cases yet the majority have been unable to administer a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/20/world-leaders-launch-programme-to-boost-vaccine-production-in-africa
Many African leaders and advocacy groups say Africa was unfairly locked out of access to COVID-19 treatment tools, vaccines and testing ... get needed vaccines to developing countries around the

https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-solidarity-needed-find-affordable-accessible-covid-19-vaccine
"We need global solidarity to ensure that every person, everywhere, has access", Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message to the Global Vaccine Summit, convened to find and fund