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WHO head emphasises on equal vaccine access for all

Geneva, Jan 18 (UNI) Quoting late Dr Martin Luther King, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday emphasised on the need to ensure equal vaccine access for all irrespective of socio-economic background.
He said "we must act on Dr King's words: 'Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking & the most inhuman...' Today I warned of 'another brick in the inequality wall between the Earth globe europe-africa’s haves & have-nots' without".
He was delivering the opening remarks at the 148th session of the Executive Board of the Global Health body.
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