The saying that “No one is safe until everyone is safe” has always been true. But for some, it’s taken a global pandemic to see that truth reflected in daily reality.
And while no one would argue with the fact that where you live shouldn’t determine whether you live, the reality is far from the ideal. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most recent, glaring example of deeply-rooted healthcare inequality. On a global scale, we see unequal access to vaccines. At a local level, we see health inequities that exist across provinces, states, counties, and even neighborhoods.
The leaders featured in episode two of Force Multiplier — Aurélia Nguyen, managing director of the COVAX facility at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and Dr. Dominic Mack, director at Morehouse School of Medicine for National Care and the National COVID-19 Resiliency Network — are doing something about that disparity by leading the way on
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