Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"Human rights and fair access to COVID-19 vaccines: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights"

The  rapid  development  of  safe  and  effective  COVID­19  vaccines  has  been  an  unprecedented  scientific  achieve­ment  and  offers  a  promise  for  a  healthy  post­pandemic  future.  However,  inequitable  vaccine  access  has  jeopar­dised that vision, and our global governance institutions have    failed    to    anticipate,    prevent,    or    redress    this    inequality.  As  of  March  21,  2021,  78%  of  447  million  deployed  doses  of  COVID­19  vaccines  were  in  only  ten  countries.1,2  Nearly  a  quarter  of  the  world’s  population  might not have access to these vaccines before 2022.