The fight for access to life-saving medication for Inuit infants – Nunavut News
June 4, 2024
Dr. Anna Banerji has finally won the fight to get Inuit infants priority for an RSV vaccine, but more action is needed
Dr. Anna Banerji may be from Toronto, but the Order of Ontario recipient has what she describes as a “deep connection” to the North and Nunavut.
She has put 30 years of research into the study of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and how it affects Inuit babies.
“I have a long history of being in the Arctic, and I have close friends and my son’s extended family in the Arctic,” Banerji said.
It is why she started a petition on Change.org in 2019 that challenged decision-makers to grant equitable access to potentially life-saving RSV medication for Inuit babies, and other Indigenous babies from remote communities in Canada.
