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Vaccines for the World

Vaccines for the World is a seemingly student-run website with an open letter to the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requesting Canada combat “vaccine nationalism” by offering more COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries.1)

Membership

Leadership

The initiative was founded by Saad Ahmed, Colin Sue-Chue-Lam, Amirpouyan Namavarian, and Ahmed Bagit, all of whom are members of the Critical Drugs Coalition (with the exception of Sue-Chue-Lam).2) 3)

Signatories

Name Qualifications Affiliations
Saad Ahmed MD, CCFP Scarborough Health Network, Critical Drugs Coalition
Stephanie Barnes MD, FRCPC, DTM&H -
Fariha Khan MD Bolton Family Health Organization, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Naseeha Mental Health, Islamic Relief Canada, Conquer COVID-19, the United Way of Peel Region, National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA), Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)4)
Charissa Chen MD, CCFP University of Toronto
Danielle Soulliere MD, CCFP -
Muhammad Khan Medical Student University of Alberta
Sara Ahmed MD, CCFP -
Jonathan Peng MD, FRCPC -
Laurent Le MD, CCFP -
Elise Deveau MD, CCFP -
Lisa McMahon MD, FRCPC -
Hernan Vanegas Environmental engineer -
Brianne Lewis MD, FRCSC -
Lauralee Dukeshire MD, CCFP -
Caroline Benedek - Hospitalist at Vancouver General Hospital
Parul Singh MD, CCFP (EM) -
Nolan Murley MD -
Michael Mohareb HBSc, MD, FRCPC, ABIM (Internal Medicine, Cardiology), CCDS -
Anjali Kamra MBBChBAO, FRCPC -
Ian Armstrong MD, CCFP, AAHIVS -
Mariam Naguib MD Pediatrics Resident at McGill University
Kathleen Moncrieff MD, PhD, CCFP University of Calgary
Heather Austin MD -
Manisha Sharma CCFP -
Sajjid Hossain MD, FRCSC -
Firas Al-Dhaher MD -
Latif Murji MD, CCFP Lecturer at University of Toronto
H. Fazal MD, FRCPC, FAAP -
Sailaja Nallapaneni FRSCSC Ontario
Danyaal Raza MD, MPH, CCFP -
Ahmed Hegazy MBBCh, FRCPC, MPH -
Mary Ellen James MD -
Ikramuddin Syed MD, CCFP -
Edith Hui MD, CCFP -
Dale Jechel CCFP -
Curtis Chin MD, CCFP -
Sarah Newbery FCFP, FRRMS -
Nancy Fitch MD Assistant Professor, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Gavasker Sivaskandarajah MD, FRCPC -
Mary Gaudet MD, MA, CCFP -
Philip B.Berger MD Medical Director of the Inner City Health Program at St. Michael’s Hospital, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto5)
Lanice Jones MD, DTMH, FCFP -
Emily Brackenridge NP (Paeds) -
Neil Arya MD, CFPC Centre for Family Medicine6)
Joel Lexchin MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP -
Areej Javaid MD, CCFP -
Safi Sayeed MD, CCFP (FPA) -
Ryan Patchett-Marble MD, CCFP -
Sajjid Hossain MD, FRCSC -
Sayali Tadwalkar MHSc, MD, CCFP Rural Generalist
Mruna Shah B.Sc (Phm), MD, FCFP -
Prachi Soneji MD, CCFP -
Rodolfo Dominguez MD, CCFP -
Amanda Hill MD -
Alex Anawati MD, CFPC-EM -
Megan Bollinger MD, CCFP -
Uzma Chaudhry MD, CCFP, FCFP -
Nancy Saulnier - Hospitalist, Moncton New Brunswick
Tara D’Ignazio MD -
Muhammad Munshi MD, FRCPC Vice Chair, International Development and Relief Foundation
Karla Ghartey RN, BScN, MN -
Valerie McLeod MD, CCFP(FPA) Queen’s University
Jack Haggarty - Psychiatry Chair, NOSM
Ritika Goel MD, MPH, CCFP -
Prabhroop Kaur Sidhu MD, CCFP -
Donald Sutherland BA, MD, M. Community Health, M.Sc. Epidemiology -
Melissa Gagnon NP -
Taylor Lougheed MD, MSc(HQ), CCFP(EM)(SEM) -
Sarah Scott MD, CCFP (EM) -
Stephanie Aloe MDCM, FRCPC -

71- Chi-Minh Phi, MD, FRCPC

72- Bruce W. Case, MD, MSc, DOH, FRCP(C); Associate Professor (post-retirement), Pathology and Epidemiology, McGill University.

73- Tammy McLean, MScN, CHPCN(C) Family Nurse Practitioner

74- Brooke Saunders, MD, CCFP(EM)

75- Santhi Murthy, MD, CCFP

76- Paul Manuel, MD, FRCSC, Consultant General Surgeon – Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand and Senior Clinical Lecturer – University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine

77- Daniel Rosenbaum, MD, FRCPC

78- Jeffrey Rader, MD CCFP

79- Milan Gupta, MD, FRCPC, McMaster University

80- Benjamin Langer, MD, CCFP, Northern Ontario School of Medicine

81- Stephanie Popiel, MD, CCFP, FCFP

82- Justina Marianayagam, MD Student, NOSM

83- Sandy Buchman, MD CCFP (PC) FCFP

84- Jill Konkin, BA(Hons), MClSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRRMS; Full Professor, Family Medicine, UofAlberta

85- Cassy Shitong Wang, MDCM, CCFP

86- Sameer Kushwaha, MD, University of Toronto

87- Hsing Jou, MD, FRCPC, Edmonton

88- Melanie Langille, MD, CCFP

89- Safi Sayeed, MD, CCFP (FPA)

1)
Ahmed, S., Barnes, S., Khan, F., et al. Home. Vaccines for the World. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from https://archive.ph/Ioytk
2)
About. (2021, May 2). Vaccines for the World. https://archive.ph/hIy3h
3)
About Us. Critical Drugs Coalition. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from https://archive.ph/0mjNj
4)
Thought Leaders Series: Muslims in Science and Medicine: Navigating the Currents of COVID-19. (2021, August 7). Canadian Council of Muslim Women. https://archive.ph/FR8xf
6)
Dr. Neil Arya. The Centre for Family Medicine; Family Health Team (FHT). Retrieved February 20, 2022, from https://archive.ph/XM2U0
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