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‘Marginalized’: Women trail men in some vaccine efforts

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 file photo, a woman reacts as a health worker inoculates her during a vaccination drive against COVID-19 in New Delhi, India. As coronavirus vaccines trickle into some of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, data suggest some women are consistently missing out, in another illustration of how the doses are being unevenly distributed around the world. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, file) FILE - In this Monday May 4, 2020 file photo, women wearing face masks sell food stuffs at Market in Lagos Nigeria. As coronavirus vaccines trickle into some of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, data suggest some women are consistently missing out, in another illustration of how the doses are being unevenly distributed around the world. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, file) FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 file photo, impoverished Bangladeshi women return home after collecting food packages distributed by Mission Save Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As coronavirus vaccines trickle into some of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, data suggest some women are consistently missing out, in another illustration of how the doses are being unevenly distributed around the world. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon, file) FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 file photo, students walk through a disinfectant tunnel as they arrive to Benazir Bhutto Women University for an examination ahead the university reopening in Peshawar, Pakistan. As coronavirus vaccines trickle into some of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, data suggest some women are consistently missing out, in another illustration of how the doses are being unevenly distributed around the world. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, file) FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 file photo, a woman combs the hair of her sister, a COVID-19 patient, at the intensive care unit of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. As coronavirus vaccines trickle into some of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, data suggest some women are consistently missing out, in another illustration of how the doses are being unevenly distributed around the world. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, file)
‘Marginalized’: Women trail men in some vaccine efforts