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... Consensus Study Report OCTOBER 2020 HIGHLIGHTS Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine CONSENSUS STUDY REPORT FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITABLE In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the ALLOCATION OF societal disruption it has brought to people around the world, national gov- COVID-19 ernments and the international community have invested billions of dollars into the development of safe and effective vaccines to protect against severe VACCINE acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
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... Current evidence shows that COVID-19 disproportionately affects particular racial and ethnic minority groups, including Black, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Many of these groups experience increased social risks and are impacted by structural inequalities that contribute to health inequities, along with pre-existing conditions that put them at higher risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.
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... Phase 3 (approximately 40–45 percent of U.S. population)
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... Global Equity in Vaccine Allocation A failure to achieve equity in the global distribution of vaccines would ultimately fail to eliminate the risk of new outbreaks in the future. Parallel to efforts by the U.S.
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... Study Sponsors Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institutes of Health Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus William Foege (Co-Chair) Abigail Echo-Hawk Daniel Polsky Rollins School of Public Health, Emory Citizen of the Pawnee Nation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public University Seattle Indian Health Board Health Urban Indian Health Institute Helene Gayle (Co-Chair)

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