An NGO, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has urged Anthony Bliken, US Secretary of State, to rally world leaders to tackle global inequalities in vaccines.
The organization launched the appeal in a statement in Abuja by Steve Aborisade, Advocacy and Marketing Officer, AHF Nigeria.
The US Secretary of State visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria on Thursday. The statement quoted Dr. Penninah Lutung, Office Manager, Africa, AHF as the visit to the president was to discuss collaboration on global health security and other import issues. “The novel coronavirus has shown glaring flaws in the world’s collective ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks with an obvious reluctance on the part of richer countries to cooperate on vaccine equity for the benefit of all of the world. world population.” promising, it should have provided low-income countries with sufficient doses of vaccine, however, this mechanism clearly did not meet its original goal of immunizing 20 percent of recipient countries.
