Africa's call to world leaders for COVID-19 vaccine equity
Many countries in Africa have recently experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases and remain at high risk of further surges. But measures to contain the virus threaten fragile economic growth, and the stability of basic services such as health and education. On 22 September, world leaders promised to reach 40% of the world’s population with vaccines by…, Read our letter to G20 leaders for vaccine equity, Dear G20 Leaders, At the COVID-19 Summit held at the United Nations last week, world leaders set a target that every country should vaccinate 70 per cent of its population. Many rich countries are on track, yet only a fraction of Africans are fully vaccinated. This inequity is unjust – and self-defeating. It leaves Africans – and the whole world…