Challenges in Global Access to Life-Saving Medications and Vaccines

Podcast: Public Health On Call · The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Opublikowano: 2026-09-03

About this episode: During the recent pandemic, low-income countries struggled to access the COVID-19 vaccine, despite a global framework that had been established for this purpose. In this episode: Tahir Amin, a leader in the access to medicines movement, shares his perspective on what failed during the pandemic and how this experience reflects larger challenges in the availability and affordability of critical medications. Guest: Tahir Amin, DPLP, is a founder and CEO of the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), a nonprofit organization working to address the inequities in how medicines are developed and distributed. Host: <...