WHO Slams ‘Shocking Disparity’ in Access to Vaccines

August 24, 2021

(Medical Xpress) – The World Health Organization hit out on Tuesday at the “shocking disparity” in access to coronavirus vaccines, with only four countries in Africa able to meet their inoculation targets so far. “Globally, 140 countries have vaccinated at least 10 percent of their populations,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening of an online meeting of African health ministers. “But in our continent, only four countries have been able to reach that target, owing to the shocking disparity in access to vaccines.” (Read Full Article)