Nearly 3m more lives could be saved in next pandemic if vaccines are shared more fairly, says report

Fair vaccine sharing saves more lives overall, mostly by costing rich countries the head start they paid for.

Move would mean deaths would rise in wealthier nations, according to NUS-Lancet Prime commission – which modelled a response to a flu pandemic based on population size, not purchasing power An extra 2.7 million lives could be saved in the next pandemic if countries share vaccines in a less selfish way, a new study has found – although the death toll in richer countries would rise. Researchers modelling a hypothetical global outbreak of flu found that fast-tracking vaccine development could cut deaths from 58.5m to 23.9m. Continue reading...

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