In the balance of the year, Amnesty International (AI) has criticized that they have left “billions of people without medicines that save lives”.
The NGO Amnesty International (AI) has denounced this Friday that rich countries and pharmaceutical companies have “failed catastrophically” by not guaranteeing equitable access to vaccines against covid-19 and that they have left “billions of people without life-saving drugs. “
Despite the repeated appeals organizations such as Amnesty International (AI) or the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure that, at least 40% of the population in low- and lower-middle-income countries were vaccinated before the end of 2021Rich countries and pharmaceutical companies have continued to “ignore” these pleas, AI said.
The general secretary of the NGO, Agnès Callamard, has pointed out that “despite the fact that the world has produced around 11 billion vaccine doses, only 7% of the population in low-income countries have received a single dose“” While many people in the richest countries have received up to three doses, many more in the poorest countries have not received any, “he lamented.
In Agnès Callamard’s opinion, the appearance of the omicron variant “should serve as a warning to rich countries and pharmaceutical companies that have not tackled the pandemic on a global level.” “Do not vaccinate all people, regardless of where they live, makes the entire world population vulnerable to new variants. The only way to break this vicious circle is by ensuring that everyone has access to vaccines, “he insisted.
For Amnesty International, the pharmaceutical companies “have not risen to the occasion either.” “All companies have a responsibility to respect human rights,” he added.
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