As we turn the corner on another challenging year for the world, we want to share with you some of our hopes and dreams for better times ahead and some of the work our colleagues have been doing around the world to make them real.
Yes, 2021 has brought far more than its fair share of disappointments for all of us working to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to benefit from access to lifesaving medicines, vaccines and other medical technologies.
The failure of governments to show global solidarity and act together to end the COVID-19 pandemic, is disheartening. The deaths of five million people in the pandemic so far is unbearable and unforgiveable.
However there have also been some positive developments and the rise of a genuinely people-led global movement demanding equal access to COVID-19 medical tools for everyone in need, is one.
Now we want to share these dreams of equitable access with you, your friends, colleagues and families, so that drawing inspiration from our common humanity, we can together take a big leap in to the future and work to turn dreams into reality.
WISH 1: Grow the number of COVID-19 vaccine producers
From South Africa: We wish for pharma to share COVID-19 vaccine recipes with WHO’s tech transfer hub to increase the number of vaccine manufacturers in African countries.
WISH 2: Key medicines for people living with complications of AIDS
From India: We wish for Gilead to reliably deliver on its promise of more affordable prices for a key drug for people with AIDS who have deadly cryptococcal meningitis.
WISH 3: Laws to break monopolies so medicines are affordable
From Brazil: We wish for parliament to pass more laws to free medicines from monopolies and open up affordable generic production.
WISH 4: Options for quality treatment for people with diabetes
From East Africa: We wish for more affordable insulin that is approved by WHO as part of the bundle of medical tools people with diabetes need.
WISH 5:Support for local manufacturers to make tests
From South East Asia: We wish for government support for local manufacturers to expand production and supply of diagnostics tests for COVID-19 and for other diseases.
WISH 6: People over profits...now and Forever
Our Campaign ‘Wishes’ are many but are all driven by the conviction that people must come before profits.
Wherever we work, we are inspired by our medical humanitarian work to make these and other wishes for access to medicines a reality for all. And we believe that through supporting and strengthening a diverse and inclusive movement of global change we will achieve our shared goals.
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