Vaccine equity will define how global economies recover from COVID-19

Aug 12, 2021

Man filling a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine injustice will also have a lasting and profound impact on welfare, jobs, public debt and possibilities for human development. Image: Unsplash/Prasesh Shiwakoti (Lomash)

Laurel Patterson

Head, Sustainable Development Goal Integration, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Mandeep Dhaliwal

Director of HIV, Health and Development Group, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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