Mobilisations across Europe on the occasion of World Health Day for accesible vaccines for all

Health activists throughout Europe are asking European leaders to make sure that COVID-19 vaccines are available to everyone, everywhere and in due time. No one is safe until everyone is safe. Across Europe several actions took place on, before and after World Health Day, april 7 in support of the European Citizens Initiative- Right2Cure for accesible vaccins for all!

On April 7th, World Health Day, the European Network and People’s Health Movement have coordinated actions across Europe to demand accessible vaccines for everyone and to ensure that the profit logic does not prevail over health.

The two networks have combined their actions with the European citizens initiative (ECI) ‘No Profit on Pandemic’ to ask the European Commission, European governments to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines and medical products are available to everyone, everywhere and in due time. The European Citizens’ Initiative has already collected more than 130,000 signatures thanks to the efforts of more than 300 organisations in Europe. When a European Citizens’ Initiative collects 1 million signatures, the European Commission is obliged to consider it.

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Below, you’ll find photos and videos of the actions across Europe as well as media coverage.

MEDIA COVERAGE
Italy

• Policy Maker, Domani mobilitazione del Web per la liberalizzazione dei vaccini
• MicroMega, Vaccini anti-Covid19, siamo a un bivio: o i brevetti o la vita
• La Nazione, Oggi il "Click day" ‘O i brevetti o la vita’
• Affaritaliani, Vaccini, il click day degli artisti. L’appello a Big Pharma: "Brevetti liberi"
• Il Secolo XIX, “O i brevetti o la vita”: un milione di firme per liberare i vaccini
• La Stampa, “O i brevetti o la vita”: un milione di firme per liberare i vaccini
• Sky, Vaccini Covid senza brevetti, l’appello degli artisti nel "click day" su Facebook
• Il Manifesto, “O i brevetti o la vita”. Il flash mob e le iniziative online
• CISL, 7 aprile - Giornata Mondiale della Salute. Anche la Cisl aderisce alla campagna per “liberare” i brevetti dei vaccini da BigPharma
• Rai 1
• TGR

Spain

• Diario Medico, Una iniciativa ciudadana reclama la liberación de patentes para un acceso universal a las vacunas de la covid
• Infosalus, La Iniciativa Ciudadana Europea ’Right2Cure’ pide a Europa garantizar el acceso universal a las vacunas
• Acta sanitaria, La plataforma europea para liberar las patentes Covid-19 presenta su iniciativa legislativa en España
• El Salto, ¡Liberen las patentes! Vacunas para todas
• Social.cat, Una vuitantena d’entitats europees reclamen suspendre els drets de propietat intel·lectual de les vacunes
• Fundacio Periodisme Plural, Clam per l’equitat en l’accés a les vacunes contra la Covid en el Dia Mundial de la Salut

France

• Témoignage chrétien, Faut-il lever les brevets des vaccins ?
• Le républicain lorrain, "Pas de profit sur la pandémie" : micro-manifestation à Metz et grandes questions
• Le journal du Gers, Le vaccin doit être un bien public mondial : exigeons la levée des brevets !
• Vosges matin, Covid-19 : un collectif manifeste à Épinal contre « le profit sur la pandémie »
• Le républicain lorrain, Journée mondiale de la Santé : à Metz aussi, ils rappellent leurs devoirs aux États

Belgium

• De Wereld Morgen, Flashmob wil dat Europese Commissie gezondheid voorrang geeft op farmawinsten
• Het Laatste Nieuws, Actie bij Europese Commissie voor opheffen van vaccinpatenten
• Bruzz, Betogers eisen opheffing vaccinpatenten op Wereldgezondheidsdag
• SudInfo, Coronavirus: manifestation à Bruxelles pour la levée des brevets sur les vaccins contre le Covid-19
• BX1, Manifestation à Bruxelles pour la levée des brevets sur les vaccins contre le Covid-19
• RTBF, Coronavirus : des organisations demandent la levée des brevets sur les vaccins
• Knack, Actie bij Europese Commissie voor opheffen van vaccinpatenten

Cyprus

• Dialogos, Ο καθένας αξίζει προστασία από τον covid-19-«Όχι κέρδη από την πανδημία»