I get the email newsletter from Free the Vaccine, here are some notes and links from that
News & Updates
From within our Free the Vaccine labs to the wider People's Vaccine Alliance and the global movement the movement for vaccine equity continues to grow stronger. And it's showing! Keep reading for updates and for details on how we can maintain pressure on big pharma and governments to free the vaccine!
Week(s!) of action
On Monday, April 19, the People's Vaccine Alliance kicks off several weeks of action aimed at big pharma and governments. Actions are being organized online and on the ground to call for the technology sharing, waiver of patent monopolies, and global solidarity we need for vaccine equity.
https://freethevaccine.org/2021/04/17/peoples-vaccine-weeks-of-action/?mc_cid=58f8a24f10&mc_eid=d8c4a3b3f2
In the News
The Guardian covered UAEM UK's (pdf to your computer) research finding that "At least 97% of the funding for the development of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been identified as coming from taxpayers or charitable trusts." Although UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that vaccines were developed so quickly because of capitalism, UAEM UK now counters, “Our study shows that quite the opposite is true: public investment and international collaboration gave us the Covid-19 vaccines.”
On April 14, the People's Vaccine Alliance sent a letter to the White House calling on the Biden Administration to take urgent action to get vaccines to the world. The letter was signed by over 175 former heads of state and government and Nobel Laureates, and was further supported by opinion pieces by signatories.
https://freethevaccine.org/latest-news-page/
Here is a list of relevant links,
AccessIBSA project - https://accessibsa.org/
Access Campaign - https://msfaccess.org/
MSF Access Campaign - https://twitter.com/MSF_access
- Biotechnology Innovation Organization BIO - https://www.bio.org/
- Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) - https://cepi.net/
Covid-19 Credentials Initiative - https://www.covidcreds.org/
Covidavax live - https://covidvax.live/
C-TAP - WHO COVID-19 Technology Access Pool - https://www.who.int/initiatives/covid-19-technology-access-pool#
Developing Economics - https://developingeconomics.org/
- Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN) - https://www.dcvmn.org/
Free the Vaccine - https://freethevaccine.org/
Gavi COVAX AMC - https://www.gavi.org/ (financing for COVAX, formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization)
Global Justice Now - https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/
IFPMA - https://www.ifpma.org/
INET - Intitute for New Economic thinking - https://www.ineteconomics.org/
* Kaiser Health News - https://khn.org/
* Knowledge Ecology International - https://www.keionline.org
Linux Foundation Public Health (passports) - https://www.lfph.io/
Médecins Sans Frontière - Doctors without borders - https://msfaccess.org
(see Access Campaign)
#NoCOVIDMonopolies - https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoCovidMonopolies?src=hashtag_click
#TRIPSWaiver - https://twitter.com/hashtag/TRIPSWaiver?src=hashtag_click
#COVID19 - https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hashtag_click
#vaccineMaitri - https://twitter.com/hashtag/vaccineMaitri
Opensource.com - https://opensource.com/open-organization/20/6/covid-alliance
Open Source Pharma Foundation - https://www.ospfound.org/
Open COVID Pledge - https://opencovidpledge.org/
Oxfam - https://www.oxfam.org/en - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/
Public Citizen - https://www.citizen.org
- https://www.citizen.org/?s=covid19
- https://www.citizen.org/?s=coronavirus
STAT vaccine tracker - https://www.statnews.com/feature/coronavirus/drugs-vaccines-tracker/#vaccines
* The Access Campaign - https://msfaccess.org/about-us
The Conversation - https://theconversation.com/us
The International Society for Vaccines - https://isv-online.org/
The People’s Vaccine Alliance - https://peoplesvaccine.org/
the Vaccine Alliance -
World Health Organization and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations -
Yunus Centre - https://www.muhammadyunus.org/
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