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Allocating a COVID‐19 Vaccine: Balancing National and International Responsibilities
Author(s) -
LIE REIDAR K.,
MILLER FRANKLIN G.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the milbank quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1468-0009
pISSN - 0887-378X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0009.12494
Subject(s) - alliance , general partnership , covid-19 , preparedness , global health , political science , nationalism , health policy , public health , economic growth , public administration , health care , public relations , business , medicine , virology , economics , politics , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , nursing , disease , pathology
Policy Points In this paper we propose a middle‐ground policy for the distribution of an effective COVID‐19 vaccine, between a cosmopolitan approach that rejects entirely nation‐state priority and unbridled vaccine nationalism that disregards obligations to promote an equitable global allocation of an effective vaccine over time. Features of the COVAX partnership, a collaboration among the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop and distribute COVID‐19 vaccines make it an appropriate framework for a middle‐ground policy.