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Out of Africa

A Solidarity‐Based Approach to Vaccine Allocation

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ID20338134
AuthorsNancy S Jecker (0000-0002-5642-748X), Nancy Jecker, Caesar A Atuire (0000-0001-6825-6916), Caesar Atuire
Year2021
Volume51
Issue3
Pages27-36
Publication date2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/hast.1250
PMID33939182
OpenAlexW3159091248
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited21

This article sets forth a solidaristic approach to global distribution of vaccines against the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus. Our approach draws inspiration from African ethics and from the characterization of the Covid‐19 crisis as a syndemic, a convergence of biosocial forces that interact with one another to produce and exacerbate clinical disease and prognosis. The first section elaborates the twin ideas of syndemic and solidarity. The second section argues that these ideas lend support to global health alliances to distribute vaccines beyond national borders. The third section introduces ethical criteria to guide global distribution, emphasizing priority to low‐ and middle‐income countries, which have the least ability to obtain vaccines on their own. It also justifies giving priority to people at high risk of infection and high risk of severe disease and death

Biosocial theory · Business · Convergence (economics) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Section (typography) · Sociology · Solidarity · Syndemic · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology

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