Pre-purchase Agreement on the Covid-19 Vaccine and its Impact on the Right to Health

Josina Augustina Yvonne Wattimena(1email), Mariah Agnes Matakena(2)


(1) Faculty of Law Pattimura University, Ambon, Indonesia
(2) Faculty of Law Pattimura University, Ambon, Indonesia
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Abstract


A vaccine is a core solution to decreasing the widespread damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the race to find a vaccine requires a large budget to finance research and development carried out by pharmaceutical companies. This funding is usually accommodated by wealthy developed nations who enter per-purchase agreements with these companies that guarantee a large quantity of the approved vaccines, honored in the agreements between these countries and the pharmaceutical companies. However this agreement blocks the access to other countries, especially developing countries to purchase the same vaccines therefore unable to fulfill their citizens’ right to health as regulated in the universal declaration of human rights and other international legal sources. In analyzing this, the method of research used is a legal normative approach by studying literary materials, international legal documents, and case studies. The conclusion of this research is that pre-purchase agreements are a right of developed nations to fulfill the right of their citizens on one perspective however on the other it violates the right of the international community, especially small and developing countries to fulfill their right to health.

Keywords


Pre-Purchase Agreement; Vaccine Covid-19; Global Public Health; Developing Nations


DOI


10.47268/sasi.v27i4.681

Published


2021-11-27

How To Cite


APA: Wattimena, J.A., & Matakena, M.A. (2021). Pre-purchase Agreement on the Covid-19 Vaccine and its Impact on the Right to Health. SASI, 27(4), 414 - 422. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47268/sasi.v27i4.681.
IEEE: J.A. Wattimena, and M.A. Matakena, "Pre-purchase Agreement on the Covid-19 Vaccine and its Impact on the Right to Health", SASI, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 414 - 422, Nov. 2021. Accessed on: Apr. 27, 2025. [Online]. Available DOI: https://doi.org/10.47268/sasi.v27i4.681
Harvard: Wattimena, J.A., and Matakena, M.A., (2021). "Pre-purchase Agreement on the Covid-19 Vaccine and its Impact on the Right to Health". SASI, Volume 27(4), pp. 414 - 422. [Online]. Available DOI: https://doi.org/10.47268/sasi.v27i4.681 (Accessed on: 27 April 2025)
Chicago: Wattimena, Josina Augustina Yvonne, and Mariah Agnes Matakena. "Pre-purchase Agreement on the Covid-19 Vaccine and its Impact on the Right to Health." SASI 27, no. 4 (November 27, 2021): 414 - 422. Accessed April 27, 2025. doi:10.47268/sasi.v27i4.681
Vancouver: Wattimena JA, Matakena MA. Pre-purchase Agreement on the Covid-19 Vaccine and its Impact on the Right to Health. SASI [Internet]. 2021 Nov 27 [cited 2025 Apr 27];27(4):414 - 422. Available from: https://doi.org/10.47268/sasi.v27i4.681
MLA 8th: Wattimena, Josina Augustina Yvonne, and Mariah Agnes Matakena. "Pre-purchase Agreement on the Covid-19 Vaccine and its Impact on the Right to Health." SASI, vol. 27, no. 4, 27 Nov. 2021, pp. 414 - 422, doi:10.47268/sasi.v27i4.681. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
BibTeX:
@article{SASI681,
		author = {Josina Wattimena and Mariah Matakena},
		title = {Pre-purchase Agreement on the Covid-19 Vaccine and its Impact on the Right to Health},
		journal = {SASI},
		volume = {27},
		number = {4},
		year = {2021},
		keywords = {Pre-Purchase Agreement; Vaccine Covid-19; Global Public Health; Developing Nations},
		abstract = {A vaccine is a core solution to decreasing the widespread damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the race to find a vaccine requires a large budget to finance research and development carried out by pharmaceutical companies. This funding is usually accommodated by wealthy developed nations who enter per-purchase agreements with these companies that guarantee a large quantity of the approved vaccines, honored in the agreements between these countries and the pharmaceutical companies. However this agreement blocks the access to other countries, especially developing countries to purchase the same vaccines therefore unable to fulfill their citizens’ right to health as regulated in the universal declaration of human rights and other international legal sources. In analyzing this, the method of research used is a legal normative approach by studying literary materials, international legal documents, and case studies. The conclusion of this research is that pre-purchase agreements are a right of developed nations to fulfill the right of their citizens on one perspective however on the other it violates the right of the international community, especially small and developing countries to fulfill their right to health.},
				issn = {2614-2961},		pages = {414--422}			doi = {10.47268/sasi.v27i4.681},
				url = {https://fhukum.unpatti.ac.id/jurnal/sasi/article/view/681}
		}
		
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4. Description Abstract A vaccine is a core solution to decreasing the widespread damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the race to find a vaccine requires a large budget to finance research and development carried out by pharmaceutical companies. This funding is usually accommodated by wealthy developed nations who enter per-purchase agreements with these companies that guarantee a large quantity of the approved vaccines, honored in the agreements between these countries and the pharmaceutical companies. However this agreement blocks the access to other countries, especially developing countries to purchase the same vaccines therefore unable to fulfill their citizens’ right to health as regulated in the universal declaration of human rights and other international legal sources. In analyzing this, the method of research used is a legal normative approach by studying literary materials, international legal documents, and case studies. The conclusion of this research is that pre-purchase agreements are a right of developed nations to fulfill the right of their citizens on one perspective however on the other it violates the right of the international community, especially small and developing countries to fulfill their right to health.
 
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