WHO Criticizes Indonesia's Paid Vaccine Policy

The head of the WHO's Immunization Program Unit, Dr Ann Lindstrand, criticized Indonesia's Gotong Royong vaccine policy. He said implementing a paid vaccine mechanism in the midst of a pandemic could create ethical problems and narrow people's access to vaccines. "It's important that every citizen has equal access to vaccines and any payment can create ethical and access issues, especially during a pandemic.

At the same time, we need vaccine coverage and quantities to reach all those who are most vulnerable," Lindstrand said at the conference. According to the press in Geneva, as quoted by the WHO's official website, Lindstrand said that the basic reason for implementing paid vaccines is not strong enough. This is because many countries have received doses of the Covid-19 vaccine through the COVAX Facility multilateral cooperation mechanism under WHO. Although each delivery of vaccines to COVAX countries requires transportation, logistics and other costs, Lindstrand said the funds have been covered through multilateral development banks, the World Bank and other international institutions.

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