“Let’s help them get vaccinated”: Italians support Africa, but have doubts about the suspension of patents

Helping Africa to get vaccinated against Covid, much more than what is being done now and first of all involving Europe. But beware of patents: their suspension can be a risk. It is the synthesis of the thought of the Italians according to the survey The narrative on Africa conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Amref Italia. Let’s start with the commitment of the West. 69% of respondents believe that rich countries are not contributing adequately to the solution of health problems in poor countries (only 11% think they are doing too much, thus “stealing resources from their citizens”).