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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10005

24 October 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health/development
MEPS call on Union to help increase access of poorer countries to vaccinations

Strasbourg, 23/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 22 October, the European Parliament held a short debate on the access of developing countries to vaccinations, giving the MEPs the opportunity to speak out against the gulf which still exists between rich and poor countries when it comes to public health.

The Irish EPP member, Gay Mitchell, criticised the "hypocrisy and injustice of the Western world" and called for fairer access for the populations of the developing countries to...

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