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Who’s listening to WHO?

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Lifesaving jabs: The country has had to work hard to secure each dose PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Rich nations first ignored the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) call to pause COVID-19 vaccination booster shots to allow the rest of the world to catch up. This week, they brushed aside WHO’s requests to suspend vaccinating children, so that regions like Africa can increase shots to adults. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI asks who’s listening to WHO?

“Countries with few or no vaccine supply constraints should consider the issues of global equity when making policy decisions about vaccinating children and adolescents,” WHO said in a statement on Wednesday.

“In the context of ongoing global COVID-19 vaccine supply constraints, the focus of immunisation programmes must remain on protecting sub-populations at highest risk of hospitalisations and deaths.”

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