Covid-19 vaccine: "Public money must be allocated to research in a transparent manner", says MSF

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In a level 2 biosafety laboratory at the Rega Institute for Medical Research in Leuven, Belgium on February 26, 2020. REUTERS / Yves Herman

By: Florent Guignard

The World Health Organization is holding its 73rd annual meeting in Geneva virtually today and tomorrow. The 194 member countries are expected to adopt by consensus a resolution brought by the European Union, calling for an independent investigation into the work of WHO since the appearance of the new coronavirus in late December in China. A draft resolution must also be studied to request "universal and equitable access and a fair distribution of all essential, safe, effective and affordable health technologies and products". To talk about it Florent Guignard interviewed Nathalie Ernoult, advocacy manager at Médecins sans frontières for the access to essential medicines campaign.

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"  Today, it is the States that take the financial risks and from the moment when the taxes are used to research a vaccine, logically, we should have an affordable vaccine in the end . "

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