Out of Africa: A Solidarity-Based Approach to Vaccine Allocation.
African ethics
Covid-19
solidarity
syndemic
vaccine allocation
Journal
The Hastings Center report
ISSN: 1552-146X
Titre abrégé: Hastings Cent Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0410447
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
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4
5
2021
medline:
10
6
2021
entrez:
3
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This article sets forth a solidaristic approach to global distribution of vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Our approach draws inspiration from African ethics and from the characterization of the Covid-19 crisis as a syndemic, a convergence of biosocial forces that interact with one another to produce and exacerbate clinical disease and prognosis. The first section elaborates the twin ideas of syndemic and solidarity. The second section argues that these ideas lend support to global health alliances to distribute vaccines beyond national borders. The third section introduces ethical criteria to guide global distribution, emphasizing priority to low- and middle-income countries, which have the least ability to obtain vaccines on their own. It also justifies giving priority to people at high risk of infection and high risk of severe disease and death.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33939182
doi: 10.1002/hast.1250
pmc: PMC8207110
doi:
Substances chimiques
COVID-19 Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
27-36Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Hastings Center.
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