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News article Pharmaceutical companies sold vaccines to Latin American with legal and tax benefits

31 Mar 2022


The mass purchase of Covid-19 vaccines has once again shrouded Latin America in a cloak of opacity. Pressure from the laboratories and government desperation to acquire millions of vaccines in a race against time have brought about changes to the law in almost every country in the region.


DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

If we can speak about recovery for some, we must acknowledge that #COVID has been a thriving time for others, particularly #BigPharma.

#Pfizer's vaccine is one of the most lucrative products in history, amassing nearly $37 bn

Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine

DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

This is what #COVID caused in low-income countries:

🔸Debt increase 📈
🔸Untold hardship
🔸Millions of jobs lost
🔸Food insecurity
🔸High levels of GBV
🔸Decrease in investments in social programs 📉

Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine

DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

"When we talk about accountability to partnerships, there have to be parameters, inexcusable promotion and protection of #HumanRights & scrutiny of how partnerships work, & how benefits are shared.

Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine

DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

"The absurd & unconscionable profits raked in by #BigPharma during #COVID are paid in human lives, particularly in the global South".

Dr Lesley Ann Foster, Executive-Director of @masimanyane at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine

DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

"The absurd & unconscionable profits raked in by #BigPharma during #COVID are paid in human lives, particularly in the global South."

Dr Lesley Ann Foster, Executive-Director of @masimanyane at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine