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At a time when millions have lost work, Queen Kennedy got a new job. As a woman living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) in Nigeria, she answered the call to become a community pharmacist.

Lockdowns lowered access to HIV treatment and prevention. But through an International Community of Women Living with HIV West Africa initiative, Queen and her colleagues home deliver HIV medicines. They also conduct adolescent HIV prevention sessions.

From 24 to 26 October, nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, global health leaders across sectors gathered in Berlin, Germany, for the World Health Summit.

However, this infrastructure and capacity does not exist everywhere. And most worryingly, we are witnessing inequality between countries in terms of access to COVID-19 vaccines. The lessons and solidarity from the AIDS response are being ignored as COVID-19 vaccine production technologies and know-how remain in the hands of a few pharmaceutical companies and vaccine manufacturers. While more than 60 per cent of Europeans have been vaccinated, only 4% of Africans have had their shot.

 

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