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Equitable vaccine policy needed to ensure universal access: Public health experts write to PM

The collective letter signed by organisations from 22 states and UTs across India have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove barriers to vaccine production through modes like a waiver of intellectual property rights to achieve universal coverage.

 “The support for India’s global ask for a patent waiver at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is growing. India’s government needs to show leadership domestically, by lifting patents to its own vaccine and follow its own National Vaccine Policy,” Amitabh Behar, Chief Executive Officer, Oxfam India said.