They found the antiretroviral treatment. they held their secret, held the technology secret. they hiked the prices, and 12 million people died in developing countries when they could ve been saved. but then, with pressure from people living with hiv, with pressure from governments that stood up, leaders like president mandela, we saw the price come down when generic antiretrovirals were produced. the companies in the south, in asia, in africa, in latin america have the capacity to produce vaccines, have the financing even to invest in production. what they need is the recipe, the technology and the know how. and we re asking world leaders to come behind that. of course the breakthrough
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But a coalition of drug makers from the developing countries came with their own demands. they want the president to apply the pressure to the big american companies. they want a licence to produce the vaccine themselves, a licence for the technology involved in the manufacturing process and some assistance in aquiring the vital but scarce equipment. they argue there is no other way to meet the challenge. here s the rate of vaccination by continent. you might be able to make out the tiny red sliver at the very top of the screen. that is africa, which has received just 2% of all vaccines administered globally. and in light blue below that, asia, with some 4 billion people, that have received 66% of vaccines administered worldwide. i have been speaking to winnie byaniyima. she s the executive director of unaids an under secretary general of the united nations, and she was an early champion of a peoples vaccine against covid.
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