TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AS A U.S. FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY - supporting diversified global South local manufacturing to

FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY supporting diversified global South local manufacturing to Improve sustainable, equitable supply of lifesaving medical tools During the pandemic, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) seeking access to COVID-19 vaccines were forced to rely on the goodwill of big pharmaceutical companies and high-income countries that had bought up much of the initial global supply of dos. [...] Secretary for Global Affairs characterized the about the Technology Transfer initiative as an opportunity to “[do] business Programme differently to build back better worldwide.” The Programme was launched in June 2021, About the COVID-19 Technology with the objective of building capacity in LMICs Access Pool (C-TAP) to produce mRNA vaccines; it was supported In May 2020, WHO and Costa Rica launch. [...] Grant the Programme initiative’s request for $100 million in funding support to ensure with increased support for the long-term success of the Programme’s technology transfer work and that of their partners. [...] S.-based groups (including Oxfam licenses to C-TAP, and technical support to the America) wrote to President Biden calling on Programme are welcome moves; however, the the U. [...] We are working to redress the balance of power, putting it back in the hands of working families in the US and around the world.