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ArticlePublic health in practice (Oxford, England)2021

Uneven power dynamics must be levelled in COVID-19 vaccines access and distribution.

Aishat Jumoke Alaran, Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Abubakar Badmos, Fahd Khalid-Salako, Sa'id Khalid Gaya, Esther Bosede Ilesanmi, Damilola Quazeem Olaoye, Adeola Bamisaiye, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno

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Article in Public health in practice (Oxford, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  15. Vaccine equity: a stress test for planetary health.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Aishat Jumoke AlaranFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Yusuff Adebayo AdebisiFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abubakar BadmosFaculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Fahd Khalid-SalakoFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Sa'id Khalid GayaDepartment of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
Esther Bosede IlesanmiFaculty of Nursing Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
Damilola Quazeem OlaoyeFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Adeola BamisaiyeFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Don Eliseo Lucero-PrisnoDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 is one of the major global health threats of the 21st century, causing unprecedented humanitarian crises worldwide. Despite concerted efforts to curb the spread of the disease, the pandemic continues to strain healthcare systems globally and a safe, highly effective, and globally acceptable and equitable vaccination program, together with pre-existing precautionary measures, is essential to effectively contain the outbreak. We commented on the need to level any uneven power dynamics in COVID-19 vaccines access and distribution. The COVID-19 vaccines distribution must not allow for sovereignty which is tightly linked to historical imbalances in power and resources to result into discrimination between rich and poor countries. Poor countries must be supported in ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines by levelling the power dynamics that perpetuate inequality and fuel inequity. We must ensure equity, fairness and transparency in COVID-19 vaccines distribution and gain public trust in COVID-19 vaccines through participatory community engagement. COVID-19 vaccines distribution and access must be equitable and not politicized.

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AccessCOVID-19 vaccineDistributionHealth equityHealth justicePower dynamics

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PMCPMC7886626

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