Sponsors: India, South Africa, Brazil
Signatories: Mongolia, Sudan, Ghana, Iran, Mexico, Democratic Republic of Congo
Working paper- GLOBAL SOUTH
1. Encouraging the decentralisation of Vaccine Manufacturing in LMICs by:
- Holding innovative capacity-building initiatives, generous technology transfer
mechanisms, and the cultivation of regional centres of excellence to establish regional
production hubs
- Collaborating with advocacy groups and the Global Health Council to push for bilateral
agreements with pharmaceutical companies to invest in LMIC-based production plants
through a global health fund covering the gap in production losses
2. Calling upon for the creation of training programs for local personnel relying on national
academics to reduce dependence on foreign expertise
- Partner with local organisations and other UN bodies such as UNICEF to
distribute vaccines in hard-to-reach areas
- Collaborating with NGOs such as “Doctors without Borders” to ensure that conflicted
zones are provided with assistance in administering vaccines without diplomatic tensions
getting in the way
3. Pushing for a patent free vaccine model through:
- Promotion of government-funded research that results in patent-free vaccine
- Encouragement of public-private partnerships to develop open-access vaccine formulas
- Enforcing some kind of TRIPS waivers during health emergencies, as long as the WHO
declares the necessity for it
Ensuring Global Data sharing through organisms such as the Integrated Disease Surveillance
Program
- In order to strengthen decentralized laboratory-based IT enabled diseases, surveillance
system for epidemic-prone disease to monitor disease trends and detect and respond to
outbreaks in early rising phases
In regard to eliminating distrust towards Vaccine:
4. Promoting Global Vaccine trust via WHO Certification by:
- Requiring WHO certification and certification stamps for all vaccines before global
distribution
- Creating an independent oversight body to verify vaccine quality and safety
- Deploying and executing large-scale education campaigns, embodied by strong local
key figures, aimed at promoting and democratizing vaccination, in order to fight off
misinformation and scepticism.
- Disseminating scientifically accurate health information through culturally appropriate
channels, countering vaccine hesitancy and medical misinformation with evidence-based
education and community engagement.
5. Promote vaccine education within indigenous and remote communities as well as low income
neighbourhoods by:
- Holding classes within vaccination hubs, to provide information, including literature,
videos, radio, television and local ambassadors as well as global
- Regarding indigenous/remote communities, partner with a local member in order to
educate and gain trust within the community, ensuring culturally appropriate messaging,
improving uptake, and shedding distrust
- Holding information-sharing sessions for vulnerable groups, in an effort to reach social
categories such as young mothers, middle aged people, the elderly etc…
- Holding meetings/sessions in places of community, like recreation centres and churches
For future emerging diseases:
6. Encourage a Pandemic Preparation Framework through:
- Standardised global response protocols for pandemics
- Periodic simulation exercises at national and regional levels
- International funding mechanisms for rapid vaccine rollout
- Regular training sessions to increase the amount of individuals qualified to handling a
pandemic
Long term solutions in order to facilitate LMICs’ autonomy to ensure they can apply these
recommendation in the future:
-Promote and invest in cold chain logistics and health care infrastructure in underserved areas
and conflict zones through WHO backed funds
