Advocacy Updates ~ December 21, 2020
December 21, 2020
On December 8, President Trump issued an
Executive Order (EO) that ensures Americans have priority access to COVID-19 vaccines developed in the United States or procured by the United States government. The EO does not go into detail about the U.S. government’s vaccine distribution plan, but the language of the EO does suggest that a plan is being developed for international access to U.S. government-acquired vaccines (Section 4 & 5).
Global Health Council will continue to advocate for equitable access to vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccine. President and Executive Director, Loyce Pace, outlined some of her concerns in this
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Most of us can’t wait to see the back of 2020, a year that has been memorable for all the wrong reasons. While 2020 provided the ultimate stress test for countries to discover their vulnerabilities, we can confidently predict the New Year will bring its own challenges.
So what will dominate international affairs in 2021? I’m expecting to be watching four Cs : coronavirus, China, climate and crises.
Coronavirus
It should start to get easier, but the pandemic still has a way to play out. 2021 will be about adapting to living with the virus.
We’ll be hoping countries that managed the pandemic well can keep it up, and those that didn’t are helped by the roll-out of vaccines.
Most of us can’t wait to see the back of 2020, a year that has been memorable for all the wrong reasons. While 2020 provided the ultimate stress test for countries to discover their vulnerabilities, we can confidently predict the New Year will bring its own challenges.
So what will dominate international affairs in 2021? I’m expecting to be watching four Cs: coronavirus, China, climate and crises.
Coronavirus
It should start to get easier, but the pandemic still has a way to play out. 2021 will be about adapting to living with the virus.
We’ll be hoping countries that managed the pandemic well can keep it up, and those that didn’t are helped by the roll-out of vaccines.
Coronavirus, China, climate and global crises: where Australiaâs foreign relations attention will be in 2021
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Most of us can t wait to see the back of 2020, a year that has been memorable for all the wrong reasons.
While 2020 provided the ultimate stress test for countries to discover their vulnerabilities, we can confidently predict the New Year will bring its own challenges.
So what will dominate international affairs in 2021? I m expecting to be watching four Cs: coronavirus, China, climate and crises.
Coronavirus
It should start to get easier, but the pandemic still has a way to play out and 2021 will be about adapting to living with the virus. We ll be hoping countries that managed the pandemic well can keep it up, and those that didn t are helped by the roll-out of vaccines.
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