COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Rollout in Historical Perspective

Amanda Glassman, Charles Kenny and George Yang
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Amanda Glassman: Center for Global Development
George Yang: Center for Global Development

No 607, Working Papers from Center for Global Development

Abstract: In mid-2022, profound inequities in the pace and level of coverage of COVID-19 vaccination persist, especially in the world’s poorest countries. Yet despite this inequity, we find that global COVID-19 vaccine development and diffusion has been the most rapid in history, everywhere. This paper explores the historical record in the development and deployment of vaccines globally, and puts the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in that context. Although far more can and should be done to drive higher coverage in the lowest-income countries, it is worth noting the revolutionary speed of both the vaccine development and diffusion process, and the potential good news that this signals for the future of pandemic preparedness and response.

Keywords: Health care; Policy analysis; History (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2022-02-09, Revised 2022-06-01
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