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. 2022 Feb 11;3(3):100551.
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100551. eCollection 2022 Mar 15.

Vaccine equity: Past, present, and future

Rieke van der Graaf  1 , Joyce L Browne  2 , Amrish Y Baidjoe  3   4   5
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Vaccine equity: Past, present, and future

Rieke van der Graaf et al. Cell Rep Med. .

Abstract

The term "vaccine equity" primarily points to the enormous imbalance in global COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Vaccine equity should adopt a normative approach toward "health equity," and various stakeholders across the vaccine life cycle must practice it. The momentum gathered during this pandemic must be used to correct these structural imbalances.

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Conflict of interest statement

R.v.d.G., J.L.B., and A.Y.B. declare no competing interests.

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Vaccine equity is the process and result of the incorporation of historical, sociological, political, and economical considerations in the continuum of vaccine, medicine, and diagnostics life cycle
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