Educator Guide: Vaccine Inequity Will Prolong Pandemic

COVAX, the international initiative to vaccinate the globe more equitably, made its first shipment of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine (shown) on February 24 to Ghana.
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About this guide
In this guide, students will learn about challenges in vaccinating the world against COVID-19. Then, students will discuss the possible effects of varying vaccination rates on local and global scales.
This Guide Includes:
Global problem solving gets personal
- Exercise type:Activity
- Topic:Health & Medicine
- Category:Coronavirus
- Category:Data Analysis
- Category:Diversity in STEM
A fair shot
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