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What Can Wealthy Nations Do To Address Global Vaccine Inequity?

In the U.S., more than 1 out of 5 residents is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But elsewhere in the world, vaccination rates are much lower. Some poor nations have yet to receive a single dose.
People wait for their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a government hospital in Chennai, India, on Friday.

It's no secret why poor countries don't have as many vaccines as rich countries.

"There's really just a scarcity of doses," says Kate Elder, senior vaccine policy adviser at Doctors Without Borders' Access Campaign. The question is, how do you fix it?

In the U.S., more than residents is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The U.S. and several other wealthy nations, including Canada and from

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