Keeping the Promise:
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PHM alerts nations on what it means to ensuring that Covid 19 vaccination is a global public good.
PHM welcomes the declaration of a vaccine against Covid as a public health good. PHM welcomes the promise being made by many political leaders and governments to ensure that there would be free and universal access to the COVID 19 vaccine.
The COVAX Debacle- Designed to Fail
- Unpacking the COVAX Black Box, June 2021: PHM’s Policy Brief arguing that COVAX was designed to fail because it chose the market solution rather than a global solidarity and human rights based solution
- News feature on lack of Covid-19 vaccines, VoV News, June 2021. Prasanna Saligram, Coordinator, EACT Project of PHM speaks on COVAX
- News feature on need of a more equal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, VoV News, June 2021. Prasanna Saligram, Coordinator, EACT Project of PHM shares concerns about vaccine inequity Click for more
TRIPS Waiver Proposal to WTO — Important Documents
- Policy brief by PHM on the importance of TRIPS Waiver, November, 2020 English Português 한국어 번역
- EU MEPs back India-South Africa proposal for waiver, Big News Network, February 2021
- Webinar recording on updates and analyses of TRIPS Waiver, June 2021
A PHM Policy Brief for Waiver of Intellectual Property Protection in TRIPS for Covid-19 related technologies
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Why COVAX is not good enough?
COVAX is a facility created by a number of global health institutions to facilitate
access to vaccine for developing countries. COVAX finances big pharma in return for supply of only limited doses for identified developing countries. This has been projected as the main answer for
redressing inequity in access to vaccines. Click for more
PHM Breifing note: Why is it so important to support the South Africa/India proposal for Waivier od Intellectual Propoerty Protections under TRIPS for Covid-19 related technologies
- Why do we need this waiver?
It will remove many of the barriers that exist today for better access to essential COVID-19 related medical products.
Why we need your Support?
- Why we need your support for the South Africa and India proposal for a Waivier od Intellectual Propoerty Protections under TRIPS for Covid-19 related technologies
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A PHM Policy Brief
Unpacking the COVAX black box
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Infographics and Popular Campaign Material on Access to Medicines
- El acceso a la vacuna es un derecho (Access to vaccines is a right) An explainer in Spanish
- The need for TRIPS Waiver: Informative video
- Posters on Covid-19 Vaccine by PHM South Africa, Section27 and C-19 People’s Coalition
Reports of the Equitable Access to Covid Technologies (EACT) Project
- Final report, October 2021
- Third Quarter Report, May 2021
- Second Quarter Report, January 2021
- First Quarter Report, September 2020
Websites on Access to Medicines
Articles and Videos on Access to Medicines
Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great Reset, Open Democracy, August 2021
The callous position of the EU in the access to vaccines negotiations, by Ana Vracar, People’s Dispatch, June 20121
Cuba’s COVID-19 vaccines: A journey of collaboration and revolutionary solidarity, Jyotsna Singh, People’s Dispatch, June 20121