Think Out Loud

Mercy Corps CEO on vaccines, global health equity

By Julie Sabatier (OPB)
April 26, 2021 11:38 p.m.

Broadcast: Tuesday, April 27

Mercy Corps Chief Executive Officer Tjada D'Oyen McKenna sits with hands folded on a white couch.

Mercy Corps Chief Executive Officer Tjada D'Oyen McKenna has been in the job since October of 2020.

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With a global surge in new COVID-19 cases, the U.S. has been facing mounting pressure to share medical equipment and vaccines with other countries. The Biden administration just announced plans to make 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine available around the world. We talk to the CEO of Mercy Corps, Tjada D’Oyen Mckenna, about global health equity in the pandemic.

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