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VULNERABLE554 Seventh, as a related matter, a harmonization of regional and national institutional health capacities is necessary to prepare the con- tinent to participate in the local production of a COVID-19 vaccine under, hopefully, a global public good model.51 Such strengthened internal capacity will also leave African nations better positioned to negotiate the strategic fiscal relief from international creditors that will be necessary to cushion African national economies against COVID-19’s devastating toll. 51. See Maci Kennedy McDade et al, “Aligning Multilateral Support for Global Public Goods for Health Under Global Action Plan” (2019) Duke Global Working Paper Series No 2019/15, online: SSRN <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers. cfm?abstract_id=3448704>.