Anis Chowdhury

COMMENT | European duplicity undermines anti-pandemic efforts

COMMENT | European duplicity undermines anti-pandemic efforts

They are blocking efforts to enable more affordable access to life-saving vaccines.

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COMMENT | Soaring vaccine earnings create 9 new billionaires

COMMENT | Soaring vaccine earnings create 9 new billionaires

Rich country hypocrisy is exposed by vaccine inequities.

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COMMENT | Developing country solidarity needed to fight pandemic apartheid

COMMENT | Developing country solidarity needed to fight pandemic apartheid

The North now undermines the very globalisation it once imposed on the South.

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COMMENT | Paltry support for spending needs sets south further back

COMMENT | Paltry support for spending needs sets south further back

Cooperative efforts to secure much more tests, equipment, treatments and vaccines must be quickly stepped up.

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COMMENT | Developing countries desperately need Covid-19 financing

COMMENT | Developing countries desperately need Covid-19 financing

Developing countries need US$50bil to fight Covid, which can bring about US$9trn in economic benefits.

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COMMENT | IMF, World Bank must support developing countries’ recovery

COMMENT | IMF, World Bank must support developing countries’ recovery

The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed hundreds of millions into extreme poverty and hunger.

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COMMENT | UN leadership necessary for fairer tax cooperation

COMMENT | UN leadership necessary for fairer tax cooperation

There is massive wealth theft from developing countries, typically ending up hidden in tax havens.

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COMMENT | End vaccine apartheid before millions more die

COMMENT | End vaccine apartheid before millions more die

At least 85 poor nations will not have access to Covid-19 vaccines before 2023.

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COMMENT | Intellectual property monopolies block vaccine access

COMMENT | Intellectual property monopolies block vaccine access

As the rich and powerful secure access, poor countries will leave out most people as only one in ten can be vaccinated in 2021.

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