Norad's video: Vaccine nationalism global distribution - Norad Conference 2021

Dr. Lia Tadesse, H.E. Minister of Health, Ethiopia, Dag-Inge Ulstein, Minister of International Development, Dr Richard Hatchett, Director of CEPI and Dr Ole Fritjof Norheim, Professor, University of Bergen came together at the 2021 Norad Conference to discuss vaccine nationalism and global distribution. Moderator is Amanda Glassman, Executive Vice President, Center for Global Development Norwegian and global solidarity and inter dependency to a test, and have also opened up new questions regarding how best to support and fund global public goods, such as research, and development, production and distribution of new vaccines. New important platforms for international collaboration between countries as well as between private and public actors have been established, such as CEPI, COVAX and ACT-A. The corona pandemic puts the world to a test. In case of a shortage of vaccines, who should receive these first? It is widely believed that vulnerable groups and health professionals should be among the first to receive a new vaccine, but given a shortage, should Norwegian or European health workers receive these earlier than similar groups in low income settings? Is there a need to reorient development aid for health in the era of 2030 further towards comprehensive solutions to common problems, and what will this mean in terms of how it is organised and funded? What will be the consequences for the poorest countries? At the Norad Conference 2021, we ask: Are we heading towards a future with more cooperation or more ‘going solo’? How can we achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, and are we really on the right track? Will this be the decade of joint solutions to global challenges, or are there more likely to be growing tensions and more nationalism? For more information about – and presentations from – the conference, go to norad.no: https://www.norad.no/en/front/about-norad/news/2021/the-norad-conference-2021/