Meghan Markle and Prince Harry call on G-20 leaders to address vaccine inequity
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In an open letter, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are calling on world leaders at the Group of 20 summit of major economies in Italy to address the lack of access to COVID-19 vaccines in low-income countries.
The G-20 meeting, an annual gathering featuring heads of state, is taking place in Rome this year with the goal of improving coordination on global issues. The open letter, which also features World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as a co-author, appears on the agency's website.
"Today, we join with others to urge global leaders to end this devastating inequity and end this pandemic once and for all," the letter reads. "G20 leaders have the power to accelerate long-promised donations and to commit to breaking the hold that manufacturing countries and pharmaceutical companies currently have over access to the vaccines and how they're made."
