Here are some of the other recent headlines you might have missed. “The effort to topple the mandate is expected to include scrutiny of the process for granting religious exemptions and, if necessary, a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act to fully rescind it.”Ī Republican-led House and possibly Senate (which is still a toss-up), will also likely further complicate the Biden administration's bid to receive additional COVID-19 funding, which Biden officials have been seeking for months. military's vaccine mandate among the priorities, according to multiple GOP aides,” Axios reported on Nov. “Republicans will push to dismantle a number of lingering pandemic policies, with the U.S. While the final election results are not known yet, it looks like the Republicans will take over the House, although they aren’t having the red wave they expected, which will lead to various Republican-led investigations related to COVID-19. This comes after Biden said during a “60 Minutes” interview in September, “the pandemic is over,” and Republicans called on the administration to roll back COVID-19 policies. It’s still a concern, but it no longer controls our lives.” Additionally, some countries are already delivering booster doses, which indicates that COVID-19 vaccinations may become a recurring expenditure for countries.During his remarks on Wednesday evening to address the results of the midterm elections thus far, President Biden said, “After 20 months of hard work, the pandemic no longer controls our lives. As a greater coverage is required to ensure a stop to the spread of COVID-19, unless COVAX is able to support LICs beyond 20 percent vaccination rate, the financial burden of vaccinating an additional 50 percent of the population will fall on most vulnerable countries. High-income countries are expected to increase theirs by only 0.8 percent to achieve the same vaccination rate in one year.ĬOVAX provides a global risk sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to vaccinate 20% of countries population. While vaccination programmes will increase healthcare costs across all countries, it is especially the case in low-income countries as they would need to increase their health expenditure by a staggering 30-60 percent to reach seventy percent of their population under the current pricing and over a period of one year.
This represents a significant financial burden for low-income countries, where the average annual per capita health expenditure amounts to US$ 41 (Global Health Expenditure Database). The estimated delivery cost is US$ 3.70 per person vaccinated with two doses, after accounting for vaccine wastage.
The Dashboard is a joint initiative of UNDP, WHO and the University of Oxford with cooperation across the UN system, anchored in the SDG 3 Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All.ĭata from the MI4A COVID-19 Vaccine Purchase Dataset shows that the average cost per COVID-19 vaccine dose ranges between US$ 2 – $ 40. Analyses can be generated and compared by country, region and globally, and organised per income group. It provides new, actionable insights and possibilities for policy makers to dive into the implications of vaccine inequity for socio-economic recovery, jobs and welfare. The Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity combines the latest data on the global roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines with the most recent socio-economic information to illustrate why accelerating vaccine equity is not only critical to saving lives but also to driving a faster and fairer recovery from the pandemic with benefits for all. COVID-19 vaccine inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low- and lower-middle income countries without urgent action to boost supply, share vaccines and ensure they’re accessible to everyone now.
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