Access to vaccines in the Arab region: What do we know?

Publication Date:
Topic(s): Health,Inequality & Vulnerabilities
Geographies: Arab Region
Source: Arab Reform Initiative,Inkyfada
Format: Discussion,Video Output

Watch the webinar recording in: English | Arabic | French

Held on Tuesday 30 March 2021

Speakers:
KM Gopakumar, Legal Advisor at Third World Network
Alaa Ghanaam, Head of Right to Health Unit at Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Fouad Fouad, Co-Director of Refugees Health Program, AUB
Lassaâd M’Sahli, Secretary General at Tunisia’s Pharmaceuticals Science Society

Moderator: Beesan Kassab

In this 80 minute webinar, the speakers cover a range of topics and address a number of questions, including:

  • What are the politics involved in the procurement of vaccines in the Arab World, and what are strategies and challenges of distribution?
  • What do these politics tell us about access to medicines and the health sector in the Arab World in general?
  • What do these politics tell us about the global pharmaceuticals market, as well as the authority of intellectual property and access to technology governing it, especially at a moment of crisis like that of this pandemic

Watch the ENGLISH language version (simultaneous translation) below. Use links above to access alternate language versions.

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