"Although we are nearing the end of the second year of the Covid-19 epidemic, the end of this global health crisis is still a long way off, and major challenges remain." This was stated by Anthony Fauci, President Biden's advisor for the pandemic, in a video message sent to the CUAMM-Doctors with Africa meeting, underway in Padua.
"Despite the impressive scientific successes in rapidly developing numerous safe and effective vaccines - continues Fauci - their distribution, as well as that of the various treatments, has not been the same throughout the planet.
A painfully obvious situation to you who work. In Africa.
We have to do better.
We have a moral imperative to protect the poor and vulnerable, despite the effectiveness of the pandemic response even in rich countries that have full access to vaccines and treatments, you face difficult challenges. "
Faucu then stresses that" an important thing I have learned it is how destructive social divisions are.
This is particularly evident in my country, divisions undermine our ability to be successful, "he concludes.