Gwero: Project Syndicate
M'nkhani yaposachedwa pa Samantha Mphamvu, Woyang'anira watsopano wa Purezidenti Joe Biden wa United States Agency for International Development, Michelle Goldberg wa The New York Times akulemba - molondola - "chiyeso chachikulu choyamba cha Power ... chagona mu zomwe America imachita kuthandiza dziko lonse lapansi katemera ku COVID-19." Ndipo Power mwiniwakeyo akuti, "Ziri pafupi kwambiri, zowoneka bwino, zotsata zotsatira."
Zotsatira zinkawoneka kuti zikutsatira. Pamsonkhano wa G7, Goldberg malipoti moyenerera, a Biden adalengeza kuti US ipereka katemera wa 500 miliyoni kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito "m'maiko opeza ndalama zochepa komanso zapakati." Malinga ndi kunena kwa Goldberg, izi โzinalimbikitsa mayiko ena kuti awonjezere zopereka zawo,โ kuonetsetsa kuti โmilingo mabiliyoni ambiri pofika 2022.โ
Kupatula kuti sizinatero. Malinga ndi World Health Organisation, a kudzipereka kwatsopano kwenikweni anali 870 miliyoni Zina Mlingo, osati biliyoni, "ndi cholinga chopereka theka pofika kumapeto kwa 2021." Mwanjira ina, "cholinga" chingakhale kupeza "osachepera" Mlingo wowonjezera wa katemera 435 miliyoni kumalo a COVAX (njira yapadziko lonse lapansi yomwe idakhazikitsidwa kuti atsimikizire kupezeka kwa katemera m'maiko osauka) "pofika 2022." Ngakhale mabiliyoni onse abwera mkati mwa 2022, Mlembi Wamkulu wa Amnesty International, Agnรจs Callamard, wachitapo kanthu. anazitcha izo "kugwa m'nyanja," kopangidwa ndi "miyeso yocheperako komanso mawonekedwe osakwanira." Monga Gavin Yamey waku Duke University mwachidule zotsatira za a Lancet gulu la ogwira ntchito, โmaiko olemerawo anachita zinthu zoipa kwambiri kuposa maloto oipa a munthu aliyense.โ
Ndipo pali vuto linanso: malonjezano a G7 ndi malonjezo okha, komanso mbiri ya G7 pokwaniritsa malonjezo ake siabwino kwenikweni. Apa chilankhulo cha G7 communiquรฉ chikunena kuti: "cholinga chopereka." Ngakhale ngati wina akukhulupirira kuti mawu amenewo anasankhidwa mwachikhulupiriro chabwino, sali olondola ndendende kapena amtundu uliwonse.
Today, Africa ndi India alandira katemera wocheperapo 3% mwa anthu onse ophatikizidwa a anthu pafupifupi 2.5 biliyoni. Ndichoncho chifukwa chiyani? US yokha ndiyomwe imadziwika kuti ili ndi kuthekera kochita kupanga 4.7 biliyoni mlingo pofika kumapeto kwa 2021 - mabiliyoni anayi kuposa momwe America ikufuna. Apanso, malinga ndi Amnesty International, G7 idzakhala ndi โmilingo mabiliyoni atatu yotsalayo ikadzafunika pofika kumapeto [kwa 2021].โ
Mlingo umenewo ukupita kuti? Zikuwoneka kwa makasitomala olemera. Izi zikuphatikiza Mlingo wa 1.8 biliyoni woperekedwa ku EU "kuwotcha kolimbikitsa," monga inanena by Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla of Progressive International. Panthawiyi, kunja kwa dziko lolemera, kachilomboka kangathe kufalitsa, kusintha, kudwala, ndi kupha.
Iyi si nkhani chabe yothandiza anthu. Ngati ma virus sathetsedwa, amatha kusintha. Kale, mitundu ingapo ya coronavirus yawonekera. Monga tikudziwira, palibe amene angagonjetse katemera omwe alipo. Koma palibe amene anganene motsimikiza kuti kusintha koteroko sikungawonekere, ndipo pamene nthawi ikutayika, chiopsezo chachikulu - osati kwa osauka padziko lapansi okha.
Njira imodzi yodziwikiratu ndiyo kutenga katundu wosonkhanitsidwa m'magulu ankhondo padziko lonse lapansi. Chachiwiri chingakhale kuchotsa chitetezo cha patent ndikupereka zoletsa pa katemera waku Western, kuti athe kupangidwa mwachangu m'maiko ena. Ngati India yekha - yemwe amapanga katemera wamkulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - atha kuthana ndi zovuta zopanga, zitha kuyambiranso kutumiza kunja ndikuyamba kupereka mlingo ku Asia konse ndi ku Africa, ndikukwaniritsa zofunikira zake kumapeto kwa chaka chino. Ndipo Mlingo wokwanira ukhoza kupangidwa kuthetsa mliriwu, pazolinga zenizeni, pakutha kwa 2022.
Kumayambiriro kwa Meyi, oyang'anira a Biden adalengeza kuti athandizira pempho, lomwe India ndi South Africa adapereka, loletsa kukakamiza kwa Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) pazinthu za COVID-19, kuphatikiza katemera. Koma kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani? Mpaka pano, kuthandizira pazokambirana. Ndi ndani? Kuposa chiyani?
Linali boma, osati makampani akuluakulu ogulitsa mankhwala, omwe adalemba zofufuza zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga katemerayu. Makampani ali ndi ma patent chifukwa adapatsidwa ngati "chilimbikitso" kuti apange. Zonena kuti mwina sakanatero ndizosamveka: boma la US lili ndi mphamvu zokakamiza pansi pa Defense Production Act, yomwe ili nayo kale. ntchito kuti kupanga katemera kuchuluke - kuphatikiza m'njira yoti kusokoneza pang'ono kupanga ku India.
Pakadali pano, pali China, ndipo pamlingo wocheperako, Russia. China pakadali pano ikupereka katemera wopitilira anthu mamiliyoni khumi patsiku - liwiro lofulumira lomwe lidzakhudza chiwerengero chawo chonse chaka chino. Mu 2022, China ikhoza kupanga mpaka mabiliyoni asanu kwa dziko - zokwanira India ndi Africa pamodzi. Pakadali pano, opanga aku China atsimikiza kupanga malo opangira padziko lonse lapansi, kuyambira posachedwapa ku Egypt. Ndipo Russia watero akukonzekera kupanga milingo yopitilira 850 miliyoni a Sputnik V ku India kokha chaka chino. Ndizofanana ndi kudzipereka konse kwa G7 - ndipo zichitika posachedwa.
Sikuti zonse zimene timaลตerenga pankhani zimenezi nโzodalirika. Sikuti kuyerekeza kulikonse kungachitike. Zitha kukhala zowona, monga zanenedwa, kuti katemera waku China ali osagwira ntchito kwambiri kuposa omwe amapangidwa ndi Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, ndi Sputnik V.
Koma pakadali pano, kumene izi zikupita ndi zoonekeratu. US ndi Europe akupereka zinyenyeswazi, kuteteza mabiliyoni awo, malo awo opangira mankhwala, komanso zopereka zandale zandale. Pakadali pano, China ndi Russia ali ndi malingaliro ena - ndi kuthekera kowazindikira. Chifukwa chake, posakhalitsa, msana wa mliriwu ukasweka, dziko lidzakhala ndi umboni watsopano wonena za yemwe ali wodalirika komanso yemwe sali.
Ndinganene kuti zonsezi sizinachitikepo, koma sichoncho. M'nyengo yozizira komanso yanjala ya ku Europe ya 1947-48, Jan Masaryk, nduna yakunja yaku Czechoslovakia, adachonderera US kuti itumize chakudya. US idasokonekera, ndikuyika zinthu. Klement Gottwald, mtsogoleri wa chipani cha Czechoslovak Communist Party. adadandaula kwa Joseph Stalin, amene anaika matani 300,000 a tirigu mโmasitima. Czechoslovakia inagwa pansi pa ulamuliro wa chikomyunizimu mu February 1948.
Samantha Power akulondola. Zonse ndi zotsatira zooneka.
ZNetwork imalandira ndalama kudzera mu kuwolowa manja kwa owerenga ake.
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