Submitted on Monday 15th February 2021
Rejected on Monday 15th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Use the Foreign Aid Budget to buy Covid vaccines and give them to poor countries
Consider using part of the Foreign Aid Budget to purchase Covid vaccines from British pharmaceutical companies. These vaccines to
be sent to poor countries for them to vaccinate their people. This would be in addition to other programmes including £548 million committed to WHOs COVAX.
There are poor countries across the world who have no hope of being able to afford to buy Covid vaccines, even at cost price. Even the COVAX programme will only help a small proportion of people in these poor countries. We need to help as many people as possible. By providing the vaccines we can help to reduce global health poverty. Giving the vaccine rather than money will ensure the money is spent in the way intended rather than being "wasted" on other things and thereby reduce corruption.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550900
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