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Medicines shouldn’t be a luxury Take action!
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If mRNA vaccine technology from Moderna, BioNTech and Pfizer were shared, manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries could produce vaccines for global pandemic preparedness, as well as diseases of concern such as HIV, TB and malaria.

South African activists protest in support of the WTO TRIPS Waiver Photo by Tadeu Andre
No Patents, No Monopolies in a Pandemic

Help us tell governments blocking the movement to speed up equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments to put lives over profit.

Els Torreele

Excellent news from France. A strong #TransparencyResolution is an ambitious one that can change the status quo. Thinkering in the margin will not suffice. Because Medicines Should Not Be A Luxury #UHC @MSF_access twitter.com/s_seydoux/stat…

03:54 - 19 May 2019
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