Vaccination policies in response to the ongoing pandemic are reinforcing globally the commodification of healthcare, furthering inequity notably in countries of the global South. By late April 2021, it was reported that more than 80% of the world’s COVID-19 vaccines had gone to people in wealthy countries, with just 0.3% to people in low-income countries. In countries from the global south, most of the vaccines were distributed through charity and donations, notably through multilateral collaborations with the World Health Organisation. In the MENA region, vaccination campaigns are progressing slowly, with varying challenges, depending on each context, in securing vaccine supplies and in the vaccination process. 

This webinar aims to address vaccine inequity in the MENA region, and will look into challenges specific to local contexts. 

Date and time: Thursday September 2nd at 11am (Beirut time) 

This webinar will be held in English and Arabic. Interpretation will be available. 

With: 

Dr. Ayat Nashwan (Yarmouk University, Jordan) 

Dr. Rouham Yamout (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Dr. Steven L. B. Jensen (The Danish Institute of Human Rights, Denmark)

Belqassem Sabri, (Tunisian Association for Defending the Right to Health Tunis, Tunisia)

Heba Wanis (Researcher in Public Health; Third World Network)

The webinar will be hosted on zoom. The webinar link will be sent via email prior to the webinar.

To register and submit your questions to the panelists, please fill in this form before August 31, 2021: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kP7-qHUFQu-cB0DyYEayxw