Challenges in addressing inequity in access to COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines in Africa

• Helen Rees,
• Richard Mihigo,
• Andy Gray

Affiliations

Helen Rees

1.Executive Director: Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2.Chairperson: WHO Regional Office for Africa Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Richard Mihigo

Coordinator: Immunization and Vaccines Development, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Andy Gray

1.Division of Pharmacology, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; 2.WHO Collaborating Centre on Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence- Based Practice, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa