The Responsibility-Sharing of Nation-States and the ACT-Accelerator

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Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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To bring the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to an end and begin the process of social, economic and public health recovery, international cooperation for the continued development and equitable distribution of high-quality diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines is necessary. Although critics have rightly pointed out that achieving universal coverage and equitable access to these health technologies would require reforms to intellectual property rules as well as increased global manufacturing capacity,1 in the meantime the ‘Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator’ (ACT-Accelerator), led by the World Health Organization (WHO), is the only global multilateral effort designed to ensure the worldwide distribution of these products. In this viewpoint, we focus on what it would take to fully fund this mechanism and make it successful on its own terms... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 11, Issue 11
November 2022
Pages 2765-2768

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  • Receive Date: 19 March 2021
  • Revise Date: 09 April 2021
  • Accept Date: 11 April 2021
  • First Publish Date: 05 May 2021

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