“We encourage CEPI to strengthen & disclose terms relevant for equity, including licensing, step-in rights, supply, price; to adopt broader formal LMIC and civil-society participation in oversight … and to support systematically regional manufacturing ecosystems.
“Access requirements are now spreading among research funders, who are convening to discuss how to coordinate their policies to grantees …
“Access provisions will spread more rapidly if they are public … & can then act as a baseline from which funders can collectively raise their requirements."
We also are working with African & global experts to support countries speaking up about unfair terms. Countries need these health agreements after the cuts. But that doesn't mean we accept the Trump’s extractivism or efforts to divide and conquer the partners of the United States.
“Zimbabwe, Ghana & Zambia have said no or dragged out negotiations over the Trump administration’s self-described America First foreign-assistance policies, which aim to tie health aid more directly to U.S. diplomatic and security goals.
"… The Trump administration has kept details of the proposed agreements—and even signed accords—secret, although some apparent drafts have circulated online.”