3 ways Canada can take action as a global health leader on COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines are becoming available for use here and in a few other high-income countries, but people living elsewhere will have to wait and that raises troubling issues from a global health perspective, writes Jason Nickerson.
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Arrival of vaccines is cause to celebrate, but international roll-out is not shaping up to be equitable
Jason Nickerson · for CBC News Opinion ·
Posted: Dec 13, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 13, 2020
COVID-19 vaccines are becoming available for use here and in a few other high-income nations, but people living elsewhere will have to wait. From a global health perspective that raises some hard questions for Canada, which has committed publicly to ensuring affordable and equitable access. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)