Get more people vaccinated now by supplying surplus vaccine doses via COVAX through predictable and scheduled donations where timelines and quantities are transparently available to recipient countries and the public.
Support the TRIPS waiver as soon as possible, in anticipation of rescheduled talks by the WTO. The actions we take now will reduce the impacts of the current pandemic as well as set precedents for the equitable and effective management of future global health emergencies.Īs you move forward, we encourage you to: Continued land use change increases the probability of further zoonotic infections. Climate change is driving changes in infectious disease patterns and poses threats to logistical supply chains and health system stability. Health emergencies cannot be considered in isolation. The TRIPS waiver proposed above is a temporary fix and longer-term solutions are needed. While we applaud vaccine donation commitments made to date, Canada has fallen short in delivering on those commitments and frequently provides inadequate notice and insufficient associated supplies for low-resource health settings to be able to get shots into arms in an orderly fashion before vaccine expiry dates. The emergence of the Omicron variant demonstrates that the world remains vulnerable to COVID-19 as long as most people on the globe do not have access to vaccines. Most urgently, we encourage Canada to announce support for a temporary waiver of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ( TRIPS) Agreement in relation to products and technologies related to the prevention, treatment or containment of COVID-19, as proposed by India and South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO). We request, however, that the Government of Canada dedicate a greater degree of resources to supporting the equitable global supply of vaccines. The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.Īs health-focused workers and organizations in Canada, we thank you for the diligent work that has gone into sourcing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines for Canadians.
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