New Covid-19 vaccine hub won't deter SA's IP waiver call

An empty vile of the Pfizer vaccine during a media tour showing the Discovery vaccine process in the Discovery building in Sandton, 27 May 2021 . Picture: Neil McCartney

This initiative does not negate South Africa’s call for companies making Covid-19 vaccines to waive their intellectual property rights, according to Department of International Relations and Cooperation spokesperson Clayson Monyela. But activists who welcomed the new technology transfer hub have suggested that such efforts don’t solve the ultimate problem of vaccine hoarding and have demanded more genuine efforts to support equal global access to vaccines.

Doctors Without Borders’ Kate Stegeman, advocacy coordinator for MSF Access Campaign in South Africa, says its good news that the first mRNA technology transfer hub will be set up on the African continent, as it will boost the supply of vaccines to the rest of the continent. Marred by procurement bungles and corruption allegations, South Africa has a long way to go to regain the trust of South Africans.“With a health minister on leave due to corruption in the wake of his very weak negotiations with Big Pharma to get vaccines, disappointment in the state is growing.

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