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Pandemics, intellectual property and 'our economy': A worldview analysis of Canada's role in compromising global access to COVID-19 vaccines.
Brisbois, Ben; Plamondon, Katrina; Walugembe, David; Pereira, Rodrigo Curty; Edet, Christine; Dixon, Jenna; Habibi, Roojin; Karamouzian, Mohammad; Labonté, Ronald; Murthy, Srinivas; Ravitsky, Vardit.
Afiliação
  • Brisbois B; School of Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada.
  • Plamondon K; School of Nursing, University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada.
  • Walugembe D; School of Nursing, University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada.
  • Pereira RC; Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
  • Edet C; School of Nursing, University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada.
  • Dixon J; School of Nursing, University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada.
  • Habibi R; Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Karamouzian M; Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
  • Labonté R; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Murthy S; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Ravitsky V; Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Glob Public Health ; 19(1): 2335360, 2024 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38626321
ABSTRACT
Despite self-congratulatory rhetoric, Canada compromised COVID-19 vaccine equity with policies impeding a proposed global waiver of vaccine intellectual property (IP) rules. To learn from Canada's vaccine nationalism we explore the worldview - a coherent textual picture of the world - in a sample of Government of Canada communications regarding global COVID-19 vaccine sharing. Analysed documents portray risks and disparities as unrelated to the dynamics and power relations of the Canadian and international economies. Against this depoliticised backdrop, economic growth fueled by strict IP rules and free trade is advanced as the solution to inequities. Global vaccine access and distribution are pursued via a charity-focused public-private-partnership approach, with proposals to relax international IP rules dismissed as unhelpful. Rather than a puzzling lapse by a good faith 'middle power', Canada's obstruction of global COVID-19 vaccine equity is a logical and deliberate extension of dominant neoliberal economic policy models. Health sector challenges to such models must prioritise equity in global pandemic governance via politically assertive and less conciliatory stances towards national governments and multilateral organisations. Mobilisation for health equity should transform the overall health-damaging macroeconomic model, complementing efforts based on specific individual health determinants or medical technologies.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vacinas contra COVID-19 / COVID-19 Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Glob Public Health Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Canadá

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vacinas contra COVID-19 / COVID-19 Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Glob Public Health Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Canadá