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Share vaccines, save lives

Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi [1] interviewed by Tim Phillips [2], 02 September 2021

How many lives could be saved if rich countries shared their vaccines? Less than 2% of people in low-income countries have received even one dose. Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi tells Tim Phillips about his calculation of how many lives would be saved by the end of 2021 if vaccines were shared more fairly - and how many have been lost because this hasn't happened so far.

Read more about the research discussed and download the free discussion paper:
Benatiya Andaloussi, M and Spilimbergo, A. 2021. 'How many lives could be saved through the early sharing of vaccines globally? [3]' CEPR

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Topics:  Covid-19 [10]

Tags:  COVID-19 [11], vaccine [12], vaccination programmes [13], equitable distribution [14], low income countries [15]

Source URL: https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/share-vaccines-save-lives

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[1] https://voxeu.org/user/293359
[2] https://voxeu.org/user/250023
[3] https://cepr.online/DP16372
[4] itpc://www.voxeu.org/rss.php?q=itunes_podcast
[5] https://voxeu.org/article/vaccines-developing-countries-igm-forum-survey
[6] https://voxeu.org/article/shaping-africa-s-post-covid-recovery-new-ebook
[7] https://voxeu.org/article/economic-costs-inequitable-vaccine-distribution-across-world
[8] https://voxeu.org/article/production-and-equitable-access-covid-19-tests-treatments-and-vaccines
[9] https://voxeu.org/article/optimal-patent-policy-pharmaceuticals
[10] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/covid-19
[11] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/10874
[12] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/6187
[13] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/12041
[14] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/12552
[15] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/6397