Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266488 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ARTNeT Working Paper Series No. 221
Publisher: 
Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), Bangkok
Abstract: 
The economic and health recovery of countries in the Asia-Pacific region from the pandemic is hinged on the rapid and equitable deployment of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. However, in the initial years of the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, highly unequal distribution of vaccines occurred across and within countries. Even though the tight global supply was indeed an issue, health system challenges, particularly in terms of financing, service delivery, human resources, regulatory capacity and governance, played an important role in the inequitable deployment of vaccines. Recommendations given in this paper revolve around the importance of strengthening the health system to enable the equitable allocation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
vaccines
health systems
inequities
Asia-Pacific
JEL: 
I14
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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