“In line with the WHO, we support the goal of vaccinate at least 40% of the global population by the end of 2021 “. This is the promise of the G20 Health Ministers, gathered in Rome, in the Final Declaration. «We reaffirm the commitment of our Leaders to Global Health Summit to strengthen local and regional production capacities, develop regional regulatory capacity and promote minimum quality standards for medical products ».
The objectives of this Rome pact are: healthy and sustainable recovery; build One Health resilience; coordinated and collaborative response; accessible vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
The vaccines should come through the system Covax, but also with a local production. “This means sharing processes to have a higher rate of autonomy,” said Health Minister Speranza.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, points the way: “Help each country to vaccinate at least 10% of the population by the end of this month and at least 40% by the end of the year”. For the middle of next year, the goal is to reach “70% of the world population” vaccinated. We need the commitment of the G20 countries which are the largest producers, consumers and donors of vaccines.
In richer countries, well over 50% of the population has already been vaccinated. Italy is at the threshold of 70% of the population vaccinated with two doses and is aiming for the third from this September for frail people. In other countries, vaccination campaigns have not even started. Poorer states cannot afford the cost of purchasing vaccines. In Africa, there are countries that have not even vaccinated 1% of their population. It is an inequality that the WHO has denounced and for which it has asked for donations from rich countries.
According to Our World in Data only 1.8% of the population of the poorest countries has had at least one dose of the vaccine. As of September 5, Tanzania is 0.5%, Kenya 3.7%. Italy exceeded 70% of vaccinated with one dose and over 62% for full vaccination. In Pakistan only 20% of citizens had a dose.
The vaccination coverage of rich countries does not make sense and utility, however, if the virus continues to circulate in the rest of the world. New variants could arise that could be resistant to the vaccines now available.
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