UN endorsed resolution Mexico promoted to promote equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

Good news for countries that did not have access to vaccines against the coronavirusCOVID-19[feminine). Ce vendredi, le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies a approuvé à l’unanimité une résolution garantir le biologique aux régions avec moins de ressources, y compris zones de conflit.

La résolution, proposée par le Royaume-Uni, signé par 112 pays, et conduit par Mexique, exhortez faciliter l’accès des pays en développement aux vaccins et à coopérer pour surmonter barrières logistiques qui peuvent compliquer l’administration de sérum à certains groupes tels que réfugiés.

Il convient de mentionner que la semaine dernière, le président Andrés Manuel López Obrador Oui Marcelo Ebrard, chef du ministère des relations extérieures (MER), a demandé le LUI-ELLE-IT que le distribution accélérée de vaccins via COVAX et l’Organisation panaméricaine de la santé (OPS) a soutenu la proposition mexicaine.

«Il est vrai que le mécanisme multilatéral COVAX est un outil fondamental, innovant et extraordinaire, mais il faut aussi reconnaître qu’il a été insuffisant jusqu’à présent et que le scénario que nous voulions éviter se confirme. […] To date, no vaccine has been distributed through this multilateral mechanism. We urge countries to avoid vaccine hoarding and speed up the first stages of COVAX deliveries, and favor the first deliveries in countries with fewer resources“, Then the Chancellor stressed.

In addition, the resolution calls on all member states to support a ceasefire general and immediate hostilities to allow vaccination in conflict zones.

For its part, Bruce aylward, Senior Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) assured this Friday during a press conference that it is an important step to include populations that may not be reached by the vaccination programs which are currently being implemented.

There are health workers, the elderly and people with preconditions everywhere, including in countries in conflict. It is therefore a key element of the equitable access framework that we want (…) There are enough vaccines to reach these people in all countries, but the challenge is to distribute them equitably.

The resolution recognizes the role of extensive vaccination against COVID-19 as a global public good and request funding for the WHO toolkit accelerator and its COVAX mechanism, while inviting developed economies and others donate vaccine doses low- and middle-income countries and countries in need.

However, and despite the Council’s approval approved this Friday, the Dr Adhanon Gebreyesus, director of the WHO, denounced that they continue to undermine the COVAX effort.

We have moved forward. But this progress is fragile. We need to speed up the supply and distribution of vaccines, and we cannot do it if some countries continue to reach out to the manufacturers who produce the vaccines that COVAX relies on.

He also recalled that these actions compromised COVAX and deprive health workers and vulnerable people from around the world for life-saving vaccines.

“I fully understand that all governments have an obligation to protect their own people. But the best way to do this is to delete the virus all over the place at the same time. It is also important to remember that while vaccines are a very powerful tool, they are not the only one. We still need to accelerate the delivery of rapid diagnostics, oxygen and dexamethasone, ”he warned.

According to PAHO, it is estimated that in Latin America some 700 million people should receive the vaccine to reach 70% coverage which, it is estimated, would lead to check the transmission.

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