Leave no one behind: ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugee and displaced populations
UKHIH Publication
Monette Zard, Ling San Lau, Diana M. Bowser, Fouad M. Fouad, et. al.
19
April
2021
Output type
Journal article
Location
Colombia
Focus areas
COVID-19
Topics
COVID-19
Programme
Humanitarian Research
Organisations
Brandeis University
The rising toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants have underscored the urgency of a rapid, equitable and inclusive rollout of vaccines against COVID-19. However, as the world grapples with supply challenges and inequitable vaccine access on local and global scales, marginalized groups, particularly refugees, internally displaced persons and stateless persons, will face a double burden of access, even within countries that are themselves marginalized on the global stage.
This paper calls for a coordinated, comprehensive and global approach to vaccine access - science and need, not wealth, nationality or legal status, should guide vaccine allocation and prioritisation.
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