Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism and Politicization: Global Competition for Vaccine Amidst Pandemic Break-Out and Risk to Health Security

COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism and Politicization: Global Competition for Vaccine Amidst Pandemic Break-Out and Risk to Health Security

Savithri Sellapperumage
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781799879046|ISBN10: 1799879046|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799879053|EISBN13: 9781799879060
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7904-6.ch006
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Sellapperumage, Savithri. "COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism and Politicization: Global Competition for Vaccine Amidst Pandemic Break-Out and Risk to Health Security." Intelligence and Law Enforcement in the 21st Century, edited by Eugene de Silva and Asanga Abeyagoonesekera, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 86-111. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7904-6.ch006

APA

Sellapperumage, S. (2021). COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism and Politicization: Global Competition for Vaccine Amidst Pandemic Break-Out and Risk to Health Security. In E. de Silva & A. Abeyagoonesekera (Eds.), Intelligence and Law Enforcement in the 21st Century (pp. 86-111). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7904-6.ch006

Chicago

Sellapperumage, Savithri. "COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism and Politicization: Global Competition for Vaccine Amidst Pandemic Break-Out and Risk to Health Security." In Intelligence and Law Enforcement in the 21st Century, edited by Eugene de Silva and Asanga Abeyagoonesekera, 86-111. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7904-6.ch006

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world uprooting people from their livelihoods and toppling the economy of the world. Thus, to everyone's interest, producing a vaccine became the priority to gain at least half the normalcy in day-to-day activities of the world. With over a year passing, several states have come to the front in producing vaccines, having completed tedious processes of research and clinical trials. The next mammoth task at hand is distribution and administration in countries. However, with only a few countries gaining the advantage of production, they are seen to exercise power politics in purchasing and distribution of the vaccine. Developing countries have succumbed to a difficult predicament amidst balancing the great powers and the financial inability to obtain the vaccination. Therefore, the chapter explores the political dimension to vaccine distribution and the plight of developing nations in obtaining the vaccine. Further, the chapter observes the global initiatives taken to address the issue and the impact of distribution on health security.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.