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Activity Title: COVID-19 Vaccines: Trust, Transparency and Global Access
Release Date: February 2, 2021
Estimated Time to Complete Activity: 70 minutes
Statement of Need:
The development of accepted vaccines that are available on a global scale is a priority to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, there have been dramatic shifts in vaccine confidence around the world that threaten the success of approved COVID-19 vaccines as well as the likelihood of achieving herd immunity. This webinar will discuss the current state of COVID-19 vaccine confidence in Latin America, reasons for hesitancy, and will propose ways forward. The need for COVID-19 vaccines is global, although the need is differentially distributed within populations. High income countries must not monopolize the global supply and every effort must be made to provide vaccines at a price affordable to low- and middle-income countries. Understanding the complexities of establishing a regionally and globally fair vaccine-allocation system are essential.
Faculty:
Heidi J. Larson, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science and is the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She is also Clinical Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, and Guest Professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Professor Gagandeep Kang is a physician scientist who for many years was a Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences and the Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore. She holds MBBS, MD and PhD degrees from CMC and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists, London
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Supported by an Unrestricted Educational Grant from Pfizer Global Medical Grants
Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the recent shifts in vaccine confidence around the world that threaten the success of approved COVID-19 vaccines as well as the likelihood of achieving herd immunity
- Understand the reasons for this confidence shift
- Discuss the current state of COVID-19 vaccine confidence in Latin America, reasons for hesitancy, and proposed ways forward
- Recognize the issues associated with the differentially distributed vaccinations within populations across the globe and understand the complexities of establishing a regionally and globally fair vaccine-allocation system
- Discuss why high income countries must not monopolize the vaccine global supply and why every effort must be made to provide vaccines at a price affordable to low- and middle-income countries.
The target audience for this module is physicians, nurses, public health officials, researchers, immunization officers, and other health professionals.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI): New vaccines for a safer world: https://cepi.net
COVAX: Working for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator/covax
Hotez P, Batista C, Ergonul O, Figueroa JP, Gilbert S, Gursel M, Hassanain M, Kang G, Kim JH, Lall B, Larson H, Naniche D, Sheahan T, Shoham S, Wilder-Smith A, Strub-Wourgaft N, Yadav P, Bottazzi ME. Correcting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation: Lancet Commission on COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics Task Force Members. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Mar;33:100780. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100780. Epub 2021 Mar 6. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-021-00323-6
Burgess RA, Osborne RH, Yongabi KA, Greenhalgh T, Gurdasani D, Kang G, Falade AG, Odone A, Busse R, Martin-Moreno JM, Reicher S, McKee M. The COVID-19 vaccines rush: participatory community engagement matters more than ever. Lancet. 2021 Jan 2;397(10268):8-10. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32642-8. Epub 2020 Dec 10. PMID: 33308484; PMCID: PMC7832461. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33308484/
Larson HJ, Broniatowski DA. Volatility of vaccine confidence. Science. 2021 Mar 26;371(6536):1289. doi: 10.1126/science.abi6488. PMID: 33766861. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33766861/
Acharya, K.P., Ghimire, T.R. & Subramanya, S.H. Access to and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in low-income countries. npj Vaccines 6, 54 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-021-00323-6
Sallam M. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Worldwide: A Concise Systematic Review of Vaccine Acceptance Rates. Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Feb 16;9(2):160. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9020160. PMID: 33669441; PMCID: PMC7920465. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920465/
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: The Vaccine Confidence Project. https://www.vaccineconfidence.org
US Centers for Disease Control: COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit to promote vaccine confidence among Healthcare Providers. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-systems-communication-toolkit.html
Supported by an Unrestricted Educational Grant from Pfizer Global Medical Grants
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Faculty Disclosures:
Professor Gagandeep Kang has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation.
Professor Heidi Larson
Affiliation/Financial Interest and Name of Commercial Company:
Grants/Research Support: GSK, J&J, Merck
Honoraria or Consultation Fees: GSK, Merck
Moderator Disclosures:
Professor Paul Anantharajah Tambyah
Grants/Research Support: Roche, Arcturus, Johnson and Johnson
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