The COVID-19 Vaccine: The Public Domain or Is Everyone for Himself?
On June 4, the Valdai Discussion Club held an online discussion titled “The COVID-19 Vaccine: The Public Domain or Is Everyone for Himself? International Cooperation in the Pandemic Era”, with the participation of Anna Popova, Chief State Sanitary Physician, head of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor). Will the vaccine be a common good that everyone has access to? What might a mechanism to fight the virus look like with the involvement of international intergovernmental organisations, international and national NGOs, and professional communities? Has the current pandemic identified the need to rethink approaches to international healthcare? What was gained from the experience combating Ebola, Zika virus and other threats that have recently threatened humanity? The discussion’s participants will answer these and other questions. Speakers: Hans Kluge, Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe; Esperanza Martinez, Head of Health for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Anna Popova, Head of Rospotrebnadzor, Chief State Sanitary Physician of Russia; Fabio Squillante, Director General of the Italian news agency Nova. Moderator: Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
On June 4, the Valdai Discussion Club held an online discussion titled “The COVID-19 Vaccine: The Public Domain or Is Everyone for Himself? International Cooperation in the Pandemic Era”, with the participation of Anna Popova, Chief State Sanitary Physician, head of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor). Will the vaccine be a common good that everyone has access to? What might a mechanism to fight the virus look like with the involvement of international intergovernmental organisations, international and national NGOs, and professional communities? Has the current pandemic identified the need to rethink approaches to international healthcare? What was gained from the experience combating Ebola, Zika virus and other threats that have recently threatened humanity? The discussion’s participants will answer these and other questions. Speakers: Hans Kluge, Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe; Esperanza Martinez, Head of Health for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Anna Popova, Head of Rospotrebnadzor, Chief State Sanitary Physician of Russia; Fabio Squillante, Director General of the Italian news agency Nova. Moderator: Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club