Join us from 14-31 March to discuss how countries in the global south are fighting back against the profit-driven pharmaceutical system

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Hi John,
Join our speaker tour from 14-31 March to find out how countries in the global south are fighting back against the profit-driven pharmaceutical system, and what we can do to transform health provision globally to dismantle these colonial dynamics.


** Decolonise vaccines speaker tour
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* When: 14-31 March
* Where: Eight cities around the UK
* Speakers: Guest speakers from South Africa and Kenya, as well as campaigners in the UK

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The global response to Covid-19 has been so unequal that some global south activists have called it ‘vaccine apartheid’. While those of us in the UK have been offered third and even fourth doses of the vaccine, across the whole of Africa only 11% are double jabbed. This injustice is rooted in a colonial history that has devalued the lives of people in the global south over centuries. And it is reinforced by global economic rules designed to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of multinational corporations in the global north.

For the pharmaceutical industry, making massive amounts of money for their wealthy shareholders has long been more important than the lives of people in the global south. Twenty years ago, Big Pharma even sued Nelson Mandela’s government when it tried to import cheaper medicines, because South Africa was unable to afford the astronomically-priced HIV drugs it needed during the Aids crisis.

Come along to hear Fatima Hassan and Maurine Murenga, guest speakers from South Africa and Kenya, discuss an alternative. They will be joined by UK-based academics, politicians, student campaigners, patient advocates and experts in access to medicines. Join our campaign to fight for a decolonised pharmaceutical system.

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In solidarity,
Alena Ivanova,
Campaigner at Global Justice Now
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