VIRUSHA SUBBAN: Vaccine IP waiver a breakthrough for health care in Africa

Trade Organisation announced an agreement to waive the intellectual property rights that usually apply in the manufacturing of vaccines, to assist the production of Covid-19 vaccines in developing countries.

The agreement has been lauded for its role in boosting the global pharmaceutical supply chain and healthcare sector manufacturing capacity on the continent. In 2020, the AU African Peer Review Mechanism published a report on Africa’s governance response to Covid-19, which highlighted the continent’s supply-chain challenges and over-reliance on foreign trade.

One of the aims of Team Europe has been to assist the continent with its pandemic recovery by investing in resilient healthcare systems and local vaccine production. The EU has provided €100m in humanitarian assistance to support the rollout of vaccination campaigns in Africa, as well as to help ensure access to vaccines for vulnerable people, including those in conflict-affected or hard-to-access areas.

The UK government reported on its website that £105m in emergency aid had been pledged to vulnerable countries to tackle Covid-19 by the end of 2021, with a strong focus on Africa. At that time, 30-million vaccines donated by the UK had reached four continents and provided Covid-19 protection in African countries including Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda.

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