Access and Benefit-Sharing Isn’t Equity - Why the Pandemic Treaty Won’t Change the Status Quo
It is unsurprising that equity has featured so prominently in the Pandemic Treaty negotiations – the Treaty is a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was characterised by gross inequality between high-income and LMICs. For all the talk at the start of the Treaty negotiation process of equ...
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| description | It is unsurprising that equity has featured so prominently in the Pandemic Treaty negotiations – the Treaty is a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was characterised by gross inequality between high-income and LMICs. For all the talk at the start of the Treaty negotiation process of equity, of doing things differently in the future, it appears that very little will change. If it works, and there are very good reasons to believe that it will not work, it will at best make sure that a small proportion of vaccines end up where they need to be, and the rest will continue to go to the highest bidder, regardless of need, equity, or justice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a45003f7245341e2b94b9a3de895c2b52024-04-05T03:24:49ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442024-04-012366-704410.59704/6b158671e4376980Access and Benefit-Sharing Isn’t Equity - Why the Pandemic Treaty Won’t Change the Status QuoMark Eccleston-Turner0King's College LondonIt is unsurprising that equity has featured so prominently in the Pandemic Treaty negotiations – the Treaty is a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was characterised by gross inequality between high-income and LMICs. For all the talk at the start of the Treaty negotiation process of equity, of doing things differently in the future, it appears that very little will change. If it works, and there are very good reasons to believe that it will not work, it will at best make sure that a small proportion of vaccines end up where they need to be, and the rest will continue to go to the highest bidder, regardless of need, equity, or justice.https://verfassungsblog.de/access-and-benefit-sharing-isnt-equity/COVID 19COVID-19CoronavirusGlobal HealthPandemicCOVID-19 |
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| title | Access and Benefit-Sharing Isn’t Equity - Why the Pandemic Treaty Won’t Change the Status Quo |
| title_full | Access and Benefit-Sharing Isn’t Equity - Why the Pandemic Treaty Won’t Change the Status Quo |
| title_fullStr | Access and Benefit-Sharing Isn’t Equity - Why the Pandemic Treaty Won’t Change the Status Quo |
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| title_short | Access and Benefit-Sharing Isn’t Equity - Why the Pandemic Treaty Won’t Change the Status Quo |
| title_sort | access and benefit sharing isn t equity why the pandemic treaty won t change the status quo |
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