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Ashish Valentine

Africa is being left behind as wealthy nations push 4th COVID booster shots

Only a fraction of Africans have received two COVID vaccine shots, compared to those in other parts of the world. (Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images)

Institutional racism, greed, and a broken global health system are all working against African nations to ensure that people are dying from COVID in silence, according to a scathing assessment from the co-chair of the African Union's African Vaccine Delivery Alliance, Dr. Ayoade Alakija.

More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, wealthy nations like the U.S. are preparing for yet another vaccination campaign.

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