"Eine Pandemie der Ungleichheit"

Am gestrigen 10. März trafen sich die 162 Mitglieder der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO), um erneut über den Antrag von mehr als 100 Ländern des Globalen Südens zu beraten, Covid19 -Patente und andere geistige Eigentumsrechte auszusetzen. Doch Deutschland, Europa und fast alle Industriestaaten blockieren den sogenannten "TRIPS-Waiver" zur Aussetzung geistiger Eigentumsrechte während der Pandemie. Wir haben medico-Partner, Ärzte und Gesundheitsaktivisten aus dem Globalen Süden über die Pandemie in ihren Ländern befragt und warum die Regierungen der reichen Länder ihre Blockade der Aufhebung des Patentschutzes aufgeben müssen.

“No one is safe, until everyone is safe”. Interview with Zimbabwean activist and researcher Rangarai Machemedze, coordinator of global policies in EQUINET, the Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa, on the need for a change in the global health governance.

“Our futures are interdependent”. Interview with Dr. Rene Loewenson, epidemiologist and director of Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC) in Zimbabwe and founding member of EQUINET, the Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa, on interdependent futures and people-centered public health approaches.

“The Covid-19 pandemic is a pandemic of inequality”. Interview with Leslie London, Professor for Public Health at the University of Cape Town and activist in the Peoples Health Movement (PHM) South Africa, on lessons from the HIV/AIDS pandemic and global inequality as a cause for the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Patents make vaccines unaffordable”. Interview with Philippine doctor and national coordinator of Peoples Health Movement (PHM) Dr. Delen de la Paz on the social and medical effects of the Covid 19 Pandemic and the worsening Human Rights situation in the Philippines.

“There should be free access to vaccines worldwide”. Interview with Antonio Martins, editor of the Brazilian news website Outras Palavras​ and founding member of the World Social Forum, on science, technology and culture as common goods of humanity and the struggle for global commons.