Covax must go beyond proportional allocation of covid vaccines to ensure fair and equitable access

International collaboration is key for the fair and efficient distribution of covid-19 vaccines. Lisa Herzog and colleagues’ Fair Priority Model, with its focus on allocating vaccine based on limiting covid-19 harms, realises ethical principles better than Covax’s proposal of proportional allocation...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2021-01, Vol.372, p.m4853-m4853
Main Authors: Herzog, Lisa M, Norheim, Ole F, Emanuel, Ezekiel J, McCoy, Matthew S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccines - administration & dosage
Disease transmission
Efficiency
Ethics
GNI
Gross National Income
Harm reduction
Health Care Rationing - organization & administration
Health Equity - standards
High income
Humans
International Cooperation
Life expectancy
Low income groups
Nationalism
Pandemics
Population
Poverty
Principles
SARS-CoV-2
Socioeconomic factors
Vaccines
Values
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Summary:International collaboration is key for the fair and efficient distribution of covid-19 vaccines. Lisa Herzog and colleagues’ Fair Priority Model, with its focus on allocating vaccine based on limiting covid-19 harms, realises ethical principles better than Covax’s proposal of proportional allocation based on population
ISSN:1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.m4853