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ANNEXURES

Annexure A: Rio De Janeiro Declaration

RIO DE JANEIRO DECLARATION HEALTH SOVEREIGNTY IN INNOVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTICS, VACCINES AND MEDICATIONS
FOR ADDRESSING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL

CONCERN (PHEIC) IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH. 16

We: Express:

The representatives of Organisations, gathered in That the Global South countries were more severely
Rio de Janeiro on July 29-30, 2024, at the Global impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the
Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2024, organised by access to vaccines, medicines and diagnostics delay
the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations in arriving in these countries leading to significant
(CEPI), the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, and the morbidity and mortality within their populations.
Brazilian Ministry of Health,
That other outbreaks, existing epidemics and
Having reviewed the status of Global South countries in health emergencies also disproportionately affect
terms of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic individuals, communities, and health systems in
response and other health emergencies; establishment Global South countries.
of Pandemic Financing mechanism; the capacity for
readiness, preparedness and rapid, resilient response That concentration of global health supply chains
to Public Health Emergency of International Concern continues to present significant barriers for Global
(PHEIC); equitable access to diagnostics, vaccines, South countries in accessing adequate and timely
medications, and other health technologies through supplies of health technologies, including vaccines,
research and development (R&D), technology transfer medications, diagnostic reagents, consumables,
and enhancement of local and regional production medical and personal protective equipment, thereby
capacity; supply chains, inequitable distribution, lack hampering their response capabilities.
of trained health workforce; the feasibility of achieving
the 100-day Mission for vaccines, diagnostics, That the lack of solidarity during the COVID-19
and therapeutics; the need to improve integrated pandemic, where developed countries secured two
disease surveillance, data utilisation and sharing, to three times the vaccine doses required for their
laboratory capacities; fit for purpose health workforce populations, left less developed countries facing
the requirements for continuous improvement severe access challenges.
and preparedness for existing and future health
emergencies, and the necessity of coordinated That appropriate and affordable vaccines,
cooperation and response efforts,
medications and diagnostics and are critical for
public health and disease outbreaks. However, large

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