Vaccine Shortage & African Countries

WHO head Tendros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made a very humble request on 04^th Aug 2021 to the rich and vaccine producing countries to halt the booster doses administration immediately and to consider with compassion on the regions where the shortage for vaccines are at it’s peak.

He added that despite of the countries concern over the new delta variants which in turn creates a fright among their citizens, they need to consider others with deep compassion.

It is not the first time he urges for the “social equality” in the vaccine administration, but this statement was the strongest one since the outbreak of this deadly virus. Eventually, in other words, his request was literally for Africa where the worst rate of vaccination prevails. He is thinking that the “Billionaire” countries would hear his plead this time.

The following extract will show the depth of this problem (Courtesy- Financial Times Covid-19 Vaccine tracker);

Country	Ranking	Vaccinations Per 100
Morocco	61	65
Cabo verde	95	33.4
Tunisia	104	25.1
Comoros	114	19.1
Zimbabwe	116	17.8
Botswana	118	15.3
Senegal	133	7.4
Rwanda	135	6.8
Eswatini	136	6.7
Togo	140	5.9
Ghana	148	4.2
Kenya	153	3.3
Malawi	154	3.2
Sierra Leone	155	2.9
Djibouti	156	2.8
Uganda	157	2.6
Zambia	158	2.5
Mozambique	159	2.4
Ethiopia	161	2
Nigeria	162	2
Liberia	163	1.9
Sudan	164	1.9
Gambia	165	1.9
Niger	166	1.8
Somalia	167	1.8
Cameroon	168	1.4

 

We can see most of the African Countries at the bottom of this Table. And see Kenya which is at 153^rd position which is not at all remarkable. On the top of this, Kenyans (mostly all African Countries) are getting rejections from other countries and European Union for entry mainly the vaccines are not getting approved there.

From beginning, African countries were on the mercy of “Asian man” India and china who were the tycoons in vaccine production with the biggest capacity in the world for the same. However, that “marriage” has broken since India has banned the export of Vaccines due to the surge of the huge 2^nd wave. Besides, Chinese made Sinopharm is not recognized in many countries which has become difficult for many including students and Non-resident employees.

WHO are being accused from beginning for their stand favoring china on the mis-management of the virus outbreak and hence most of countries, especially in the West are not really listening to WHO’s requests on the basis of humanity.

Some people strongly believe that their governments shall bring vaccine for the use of common citizen by hook or crook as it is their pledged responsibility. It is inevitable to mention the Kenyan politics and mis-management of health ministry due to which some alternate vaccines were not able to be used for the benefit of Kenyan people. Dinlas Pharma (subsidiary of Bliss owned by Mr. Jayesh Saini) has actually secured some dosages of Sputnik Vaccine, but later were ordered by the health ministry to re-export.

It is yet to be seen how these governments will tackle this issue for the benefit of their citizens.

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