GSL Director featured in Dutch News Broadcast on the Global Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines

Veel arme landen hebben mondjesmaat of helemaal geen toegang tot vaccins. Volgens de Canadese hoogleraar Steven Hoffman is dat zorgelijk, ook voor de rest van de wereld. Voor bijvoorbeeld Oekraïne is een serieus vaccinatieprogramma voorlopig toekomstmuziek. #Nieuwsuur pic.twitter.com/Spr1bFvkC5

— Nieuwsuur (@Nieuwsuur) February 9, 2021

On February 9, GSL Director Steven Hoffman was interviewed by the Dutch television news broadcast Nieuwsuur on the topic of unequal COVID-19 vaccine distribution around the globe.

In the interview, Hoffman discussed vaccine nationalism, and that the fact that wealthy countries buy way more COVID-vaccine doses than they require, is limiting the orderly distribution of vaccines to low- and middle-income countries through the COVAX facility.

Watch the segment on the right. While most of the clip is in Dutch, Hoffman’s segment starts at 5.10 mins.