Izitofu zokuqala ze-COVAX e-Afrika: Zilungile kwaye ziyalingana?

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I-WHO evulekileyo yokufikelela kwi-COVID-19 yolwazi
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Ngaba ezi meko zodwa zokugonya zifunyanwa eAfrika yinto eyoyikisayo xa ucinga ukuba uninzi lwamazwe asalinde ukufumana izitofu ngamaAfrika?

  1. Umba wosasazo olulinganayo lokugonya lolona vavanyo lukhulu lokuziphatha olujongene noluntu lwehlabathi.
  2. Ukusasazwa ngokungalinganiyo kukonyusa ukosuleleka kumazwe okufumana kancinci okanye kungabikho kwaukubaninzi, kwaye oku kuthanda ukuvela kweenguqulelo ezintsha.
  3. Impembelelo ekusasazeni ukosuleleka okulandelayo kungabeka emngciphekweni ifuthe lemigaqo-nkqubo yokugonya yamazwe atyebileyo.

Phantse iinyanga ezintathu emva kogonyo lokuqala e-UK, bekukho iindaba ezimnandi kakhulu e-Afrika zokuba izolo iSudan ifumene ukuhanjiswa kwayo okokuqala ngeedosi ezingama-900,000. Oku kwaququzelelwa yi-UNICEF kwisakhelo senkqubo ye-COVAX. Iindaba ezimnandi ezongezelelekileyo sisibhengezo sokuba ngomso i-Uganda izakufumana ibhetshi yokuqala yeedosi ezingama-854,000, eziyinxalenye yesigidi se-3.5 elindele ukuba siyifumane kwisakhelo sale nkqubo.

Ezi ndaba zimnandi nezilindelwe ixesha elide azikuvumeli ukubonelelwa kwezitofu zokugonya ukuba kutshayelwe phantsi kombhoxo, ikakhulu oku kusisiphumo sokuqokelelwa kwamazwe atyebileyo, umgaqo-nkqubo weefemisi, kunye nobuthathaka bamazwe Ayichaphazeli kuphela amazwe anemivuzo ephantsi. Ungenelelo lwewebhu kwi-Intanethi kwiPalamente yase-Europe, U-Ms Manon Aubry wandise isimangalo sobuthathaka kwi-European Union nakumongameli wakhe, U-Ursula van Leyden, watsalela ingqalelo kumagatya amaninzi angaziwayo eekhontrakthi zokugonya.

Kubekho izicelo ezininzi zokumisa amalungelo epropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda (IPRs) ezitofu zokugonya, ubuncinci ngelixa ubhubhane we-COVID-19 uqhubeka. Umbutho onobuchule wamanye amazwe kulo mbandela nguMbutho woRhwebo weHlabathi (WTO) othi kwintlanganiso yeBhunga Jikelele kunye neeKomiti zawo, ecwangciselwe uMatshi 1 - 5 kufanele ukuba ithathe isigqibo kwisindululo sase-India noMzantsi Afrika sokuba amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza kwaye ezinye i-IPRs kumachiza, kuvavanyo lokuqonda isifo, nakwizitofu zokulwa i-COVID-19 zinqunyanyisiwe ngalo lonke ixesha lobhubhane.

Esi sicelo sifumene inkxaso ku I-World Health Organization (WHO) kwaye nguMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF), onomongameli wamazwe aphesheya, uChristos Cristou, ucele inkxaso kaMongameli we-European Union kunye ne-Nkulumbuso yase-Itali, uMnu u-Mario Draghi, ukuze isindululo samkelwe. Ukuchongwa kwezi zihlomelo kwakungekho ngengozi. Ewe, amazwe aseYurophu enza uninzi oluninzi lwelungu le-WTO eliphikisana nomlinganiso.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

  • This good and long-awaited news does not allow the unequal supply of vaccines to put be swept under the rug, which is mainly a consequence of hoarding by the richest countries, the policy of the pharmaceutical firms, and of a weakness of countries which does not affect only the lowest-income nations.
  • 5 is supposed to make a decision on the proposal of India and South Africa that patents and other IPRs on drugs, diagnostic tests ,and vaccines against COVID-19 be suspended for the duration of the pandemic.
  • Impembelelo ekusasazeni ukosuleleka okulandelayo kungabeka emngciphekweni ifuthe lemigaqo-nkqubo yokugonya yamazwe atyebileyo.

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