Caesar Atuire
University of Ghana
38 Papers
28 Citations
Caesar Atuire is an academic researcher from University of Ghana. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Solidarity. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
What's yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines.
Nancy S. Jecker,Caesar Atuire +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors give an ethical argument for temporarily waiving intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines and examine two proposals under discussion at the World Trade Organization (WTO): the India/South Africa proposal and the WTO DG proposal.
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Just allocation of COVID-19 vaccines.
Anders Herlitz,Zohar Lederman,Jennifer R. B. Miller,Marc Fleurbaey,Sridhar Venkatapuram,Caesar Atuire,Lisa Eckenwiler,Nicole Hassoun,Nicole Hassoun +8 more
TL;DR: The most advanced attempt at coordinating vaccine distribution is the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, a collaboration that brings together governments, companies, international organisations and others to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID19 vaccines as mentioned in this paper.
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Out of Africa: A Solidarity-Based Approach to Vaccine Allocation.
Nancy S. Jecker,Caesar Atuire +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a solidaristic approach to global distribution of vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus is presented, drawing inspiration from African ethics and from the characterization of the Covid-19 crisis as a syndemic, a convergence of biosocial forces that interact with one another to produce and exacerbate clinical disease and prognosis.
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Rethinking solidarity towards equity in global health: African views
TL;DR: It is argued that part of the reason appeals to solidarity have failed may be traced to an inadequate conceptualization of solidarity, and proposed pathways to respond creatively to the risks the authors face to ensure equitable access to essential health for all.
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Proposed Principles for International Bioethics Conferencing: Anti-Discriminatory, Global, and Inclusive.
Nancy S. Jecker,Vardit Ravitsky,Mohammad Ghaly,Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon,Caesar Atuire +4 more
TL;DR: Proposed principles for international bioethics conferencing aim to be anti-discriminatory, global, and inclusive.
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