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Harry: “We need equal access to vaccines.” And then he remembers Diana and her commitment against AIDS

Over the past 40 years, AIDS has killed about 35 million people. One of the most destructive epidemics in history, which has become today – thanks to the efforts of researchers – a manageable disease over a lifetime. A result that would make you happy Lady Diana, always at the forefront of this battle, but disappeared in 1997, at the time of the first successes in the fight against HIV. So that Harry of England, on the day of the world day against AIDS, he wrote a letter of thanks in the name (also) of his mother, addressed to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, e Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Unaids.

“Today we honor those who have lost their lives and reaffirm our commitment in support of scientific communication, which has worked over the years tirelessly against this disease », begins the Duke of Sussex. “My mother she would be really grateful to you for what you have achieved, then Thank you“. The prince’s note, however, quickly changes tone, drawing a parallel with the pandemic of coronavirus. “It is surprising that the main activists who fight AIDS in the world are the same people who ask equal access to vaccines against Covid. Vaccinating the entire planet would be proof of ours moral caliber, but we are experiencing a resounding failure in this field”.

On the other hand, as he has already shown on the Vax Live stage, the theme strongly shakes Harry’s sensibility. “Unfortunately, as happened during the AIDS crisis, the last year has revealed that the value of your life depends on where you are born and live, whether it is a rich or poor country. Thanks to the experts we have known for some time that to defeat Covid we should vaccinate 70% of the world population by next September, preventing the virus from recurring in new variants. Still, here we are with Omicron: we are not yet aware of the full extent of the risk it represents, but there is no doubt that its appearance is a reason for deep concern “.

“The majority voiceless of the globe, now more than ever, needs to be heard and it is up to our leaders put an end to this pandemic», Affirms the prince, who signs himself as the founder of Sentebale, the charity that operates in Africa. «We must break the pharmaceutical monopolies which prevent vaccines from reaching communities in need; governments must honor their commitments e deliver the doses they had promised; moreover, international pandemic agreements are needed with strict deadlines in which each is responsible towards the other; in short, it is necessary to treat all human lives equally».

“The time has come to draw from the lessons that we learned during the HIV / AIDS pandemic, in which millions of people died from one profound inequity in access to care. We don’t have to repeat past failures, errors that would be destructive and counterproductive. A true betrayal of the next generations, ”Harry concludes. “So today let’s celebrate who, through work, managed to transform what was a death sentence into a manageable disease. But we already think about tomorrow, aware that our efforts to save lives can make the difference».

A letter that Diana, in all likelihood, would have fully subscribed.

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