Equitable Access to Covid-19 Vaccine: Challenges and Solutions

Among the world’s millions of refugees, there is concern that many may be excluded from their host countries’ national vaccine programs or face added barriers to access due to a shortfall of COVID-19 vaccine supplies. Even in host countries that have started vaccinating refugees, those who are undocumented may remain sidelined. Failure to include vulnerable populations in their coronavirus response will undoubtedly undermine a global recovery from the pandemic. This webinar brings together experts who will discuss the perils of vaccine nationalism. They will investigate what the international community needs to do to improve vaccination coverage for migrants and forcibly displaced people, and what is required to bring an equitable vaccine allocation process in refugee-hosting countries.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction by Youssef Cherif
01:30 Introduction by Yanis Ben Amor
06:29 Presentation by Dr. Ozge Karadog Caman
15:54 Introduction by Yanis Ben Amor
17:42 Presentation by Dr. Amira Hamadeh
30:42 Introduction by Yanis Ben Amor
32:38 Presentation by Rula Amin

43:56 Question and Answers section begins

45:05 Question by Yanis Ben Amor (attitudes of host communities towards migrants, refugees)
45:37 Response by Dr. Ozge Caman
47:38 Response by Dr. Amira Hamadeh
48:37 Response by Rula Amin
49:47 Question by Yanis Ben Amor (resentment: priority by category not status)
50:34 Response by Rula Amin
51:52 Question (role of COVAX in distribution of vaccines)
52:16 Response by Dr. Amira Hamadeh
53:20 Question (profiteering of medical corporations)
53:41 Response by Dr. Ozge Caman
55:58 Question (WTO waiver multinationally, to reduce technology inequality)
56:43 Response by Rula Amin
59:01 Question (role of pharmaceutical sector)
01:00:06 Response by Dr. Hamadeh
01:01:22 Question (Immunity passports)
01:02:27 Response Dr. Caman
01:05:19 Response by Rula Amin
01:07:30 Response Dr. Caman
01:08:55 Response Dr. Hamadeh
01:09:35 Response by Rula Amin
01:10:50 Conclusion by Yanis Ben Amor
01:11:31 Conclusion by Youssef Cherif