Ashraf Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Ameer, Shafiq Yasir
VITAL Pakistan Trust, Karachi, Pakistan.
Public Health Rev. 2021 Oct 29;42:1604343. doi: 10.3389/phrs.2021.1604343. eCollection 2021.
With COVAX touted as the only platform that is built on equity and fairness, there is growing discontent and concern that the platform is falling short of its goals as COVID ravages across multiple countries. There are two serious issues that we address here. Firstly, COVID distribution principles and mechanisms need to be rethought in terms of a shift from private to global interests with a focus on prioritizing deliveries. Secondly, with multiple vaccines present, it is vital that countries recognize all of them, once proven safe and effective, to prevent any form of vaccine apartheid and discrimination.
由于COVAX被吹捧为唯一基于公平和公正构建的平台，随着新冠疫情在多个国家肆虐，人们越来越不满和担忧该平台未能实现其目标。我们在此要解决两个严重问题。首先，新冠疫苗分配原则和机制需要重新思考，要从关注私利转向关注全球利益，并将重点放在优先配送上。其次，由于存在多种疫苗，各国必须认可所有经证明安全有效的疫苗，以防止任何形式的疫苗种族隔离和歧视。
