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Prince Harry compares Covid vaccine inequity to HIV struggle on World Aids Day
The Duke of Sussex compared a “spectacular failure” of global vaccine equity to the struggle millions face in accessing HIV medicines during a speech on World Aids Day.
Harry claims “corporate greed and political failure” is prolonging the Covid pandemic.
In a letter read out at a World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS event, the duke said vaccinating the world was a “test of our moral character” and “it’s time to draw from the lessons we learned throughout the HIV/Aids pandemic, where millions died unnecessarily due to deep inequities in access to treatment," he wrote.
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