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Vaccine equity means ensuring that everyone in the world has equal access to vaccines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The importance of vaccine equity has been emphasized by researchers and public health experts during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 3 ] but is relevant to other illnesses and vaccines as well.
Vaccines are complex mixtures of biological compounds, and unlike the case for prescription drugs, there are no true generic vaccines. The vaccine produced by a new facility must undergo complete clinical testing for safety and efficacy by the manufacturer. For most vaccines, specific processes in technology are patented.
The type of vaccines that are available are messenger RNA, vector, and protein subunit. Messenger RNA vaccines work by giving cells specific instructions to make the S protein found on the surface of the COVID-19 virus. [21] It does not infect recipients of the vaccine with the virus but allows for the body to detect and fight the COVID-19 ...
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After the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine hesitant people have at times demanded that they get donor blood from donors that have not received the vaccine. In the US and Canada, blood centers do not keep data on whether a donor has been COVID-19 infected or vaccinated, and in August 2021 it was estimated that 60-70% of US blood donors ...
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GAVI, officially Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance [1] (previously the GAVI Alliance, and before that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) [2] is a public–private global health partnership with the goal of increasing access to immunization in poor countries. [3]