Brigitte Tenni – The Conversation

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September 8, 2024

Africa desperately needs mpox vaccines. But donations from rich countries won’t fix this or the next health emergency

Joel Lexchin, York University, Canada; Brigitte Tenni, The University of Melbourne; Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University, and Ronald Labonte, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

We can’t rely on rich countries to donate mpox vaccines. Here’s what we need to do instead.

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July 18, 2022

While Australians line up for COVID boosters, low vaccination rates in poor countries continue to cost lives

Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University and Brigitte Tenni, The University of Melbourne

Only 15.8% of the population in low-income countries is double-dosed. Vaccine hoarding by high income countries is to blame.

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March 13, 2022

Two years into the pandemic, unequal access to COVID‑19 treatments threatens the global recovery

Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University and Brigitte Tenni, The University of Melbourne

Just as access to vaccines was vastly more difficult for low-income countries, the same is now true for the virus’ treatments: at potentially great cost to the world.

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December 5, 2013

US concessions don’t give Trans Pacific partners access to drugs

Brigitte Tenni, The University of Melbourne

In the next few days, 12 Pacific Rim countries will make critical decisions about what is potentially the most damaging trade agreement for public health ever signed. The Trans Pacific Partnership agreement…

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