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Launch of Ethiopia’s national COVID-19 vaccine program at Eka Kotebe Hospital in Addis Ababa. (Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia/2021/Nahom Tesfaye).
Vaccine rollouts are underway in over 181 countries and territories worldwide, yet only a handful of Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries have started vaccinating their population. Regional access to vaccines is hindered by a worldwide shortage of vaccine production capacity, a race for quick vaccine access by richer countries and a lack of local resources.
If developing countries are unable to vaccinate their population against COVID-19, the global economy stands to lose as much as US$9.2 trillion, according to a study commissioned by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Research Foundation.
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Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers Discusses Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrants and Ratification of Convention
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants, the ratification of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, and the Committee’s work, among other topics.
Committee Chairperson Can Ünver said the rights of migrant workers were frequently violated. These abuses against migrants increased even more when they were in an irregular situation. COVID-19 was currently wreaking havoc all over the world, affecting all and imposing new and difficult challenges for Governments. Migrant workers and their families were in an even more vulnerable situation: they f
Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Discusses the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrants and the Ratification of the Convention in a Meeting with States and Other Stakeholders
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14 April 2021
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants, the ratification of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, and the Committee’s work, among other topics.
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