Vaccinating Venezuelan migrants is crucial to the fight against covid-19

Using country-level data from USAID on agreements the of 14 countries with 13 vaccine developers, we estimate that the region would need at least $165 million to vaccinate Venezuelan migrants; $130 million (75 percent) is needed for the four countries that house the largest populations of Venezuelans (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile). We assume that to acquire the extra supply, each country would employ the current combinations of vaccine developers it has used, maintaining a cohesive strategy in accordance with its budget and negotiation tactics as well as the global supply availability. This $165 million represents only about 0.3 percent of what the region has already spent on vaccination strategies according to this data, even though Venezuelan migrants represent 0.8 percent of the population in the region. It also represents only 11 percent of funds collected last week in the International Donors’ Conference in FSolidarity with Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees. By Ana Grisanti and David Smolansky Full Text -> TheWashingtonPost

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