Vaccine equity: Past, present, and future

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Vaccine equity: Past, present, and future
 
van der Graaf, Rieke; Browne, Joyce L.; Baidjoe, Amrish Y.
(2022) Cell Reports Medicine, volume 3, issue 3, pp. 1 - 4
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Abstract
The term “vaccine equity” primarily points to the enormous imbalance in global COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Vaccine equity should adopt a normative approach toward “health equity,” and various stakeholders across the vaccine life cycle must practice it. The momentum gathered during this pandemic must be used to correct these structural imbalances.
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Keywords: COVID-19 Vaccines/therapeutic use, COVID-19/epidemiology, Health Equity, Humans, Pandemics/prevention & control, Vaccines/therapeutic use, General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Medicine, News
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100551
ISSN: 2666-3791
Publisher: Cell Press
Note: Funding Information: The authors would like to express their appreciation to the suggestions of Dr. Judith van de Kamp about the historical context on health inequities and would like to thank all global actors who continue to tirelessly address matters of unequal access to health both in speech as well in practice. Conceptualization, R.v.d.G. J.L.B. A.Y.B.; Writing – original draft, R.v.d.G.; Writing – original figure, J.L.B.; Writing – Review & Editing, R.v.d.G. J.L.B. and A.Y.B. R.v.d.G. J.L.B. and A.Y.B. declare no competing interests. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
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