Can a pandemic treaty end vaccine inequity in Africa?

Five years after the virus’s discovery, a quarter of the world’s population is still unvaccinated for COVID-19.

Because of the lack of control over vaccine stocks, African nations were among the last to receive life-saving medicines during the pandemic.

This “vaccine apartheid” fuels distrust in expensive Western-made vaccines.

To safeguard the continent from disease, Senegal and other African countries will produce more of their own vaccines.

Global South nations might benefit from a pandemic treaty being negotiated at the World Health Organization in order to better prepare for outbreaks.