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I'm Sasha Johansson, I'm an Assistant Commissioner for the BBC and I work on making podcasts.

My real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest

stars who can really bring those stories to life.

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edit.

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One weapon has surpassed all others in the fight against COVID-19 vaccines.

In record time, vaccines were developed, tested, approved and rolled out, and where they've

been rolled out, vaccines have slashed infection rates and slashed the chances of becoming

seriously ill or dying among those who have nevertheless been infected, yet the benefits

have been seen almost entirely in a handful of rich countries, increasingly across the

year.

The head of the World Health Organization, Dr Ted Ross and Gabriezos, has called on those

countries making the vaccine to share their know-how with those still needing them.

Many countries with vaccine manufacturing capacity can start producing their own vaccines

by waving intellectual property rights, as provided for in the trips agreement.

Those provisions are there for use in emergencies, if now is not a time to use them, then when?

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