International COVID-19 vaccine inequality amid the pandemic: Perpetuating a global crisis?

doi:10.7189/jogh.11.03086

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. 2021 Jul 3:11:03086.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03086.

International COVID-19 vaccine inequality amid the pandemic: Perpetuating a global crisis?

Moosa Tatar^{1

2}, Jalal Montazeri Shoorekchali³, Mohammad Reza Faraji⁴, Fernando A Wilson^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Matheson Center for Health Care Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
² Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
³ Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
⁵ Department of Economics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

PMID: 34221356
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DOI: 10.7189/jogh.11.03086

Review

International COVID-19 vaccine inequality amid the pandemic: Perpetuating a global crisis?

Moosa Tatar et al. J Glob Health. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 3:11:03086.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03086.

Authors

Moosa Tatar^{1

2}, Jalal Montazeri Shoorekchali³, Mohammad Reza Faraji⁴, Fernando A Wilson^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Matheson Center for Health Care Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
² Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
³ Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
⁵ Department of Economics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

PMID: 34221356
PMCID: PMC8252691
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.11.03086

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Competing interest: The authors have completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest Form (available upon request from the corresponding author), and have no conflicts to declare.

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**Figure 1**
COVID-19 vaccination Lorenz curve. The cumulative proportion of vaccines is shown on the vertical (Y) axis, and the cumulative proportion of the population is shown on the horizontal (X) axis. When the vaccine distribution is perfectly equal, and the proportions of vaccines and population are equal, then equality exists, and the Lorenz curve is a straight diagonal line with a slope of 1 (45 degrees); otherwise, the Lorenz curve lies underneath the diagonal line and indicates inequality exists.

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