Achieving herd immunity in South America
Abstract South America, once an epicenter of COVID-19, has stayed on the road of continued management of the pandemic. The region initially struggled to cope with the pandemic as it experienced spiraling numbers of infections and overwhelmed public health systems. South America has risen in its pand...
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| author | Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa Creuza Rachel Vicente María José González Méndez Shohra Qaderi Jaifred Christian Lopez Yidnekachew Girma Mogessie Jason Alacapa Lila Chamlagai Remy Ndayizeye Pelin Kinay |
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| description | Abstract South America, once an epicenter of COVID-19, has stayed on the road of continued management of the pandemic. The region initially struggled to cope with the pandemic as it experienced spiraling numbers of infections and overwhelmed public health systems. South America has risen in its pandemic response to be the region with the highest global vaccination rate. The region posed a strong vaccination drive, with over 76% of its population fully vaccinated with the initial protocol. South America leveraged its deeply rooted vaccination culture and public health confidence among its population. Herd immunity is an integral concept in population infectious disease management. Attaining herd immunity is presently not feasible with available vaccines, but the high vaccination rate in the region depicts the acceptance of vaccination as a strategy for population protection. The availability of effective transmission-blocking vaccines, the continuous implementation of strategies that will enable the undisrupted supply of the vaccines, equity in access to the vaccines, improved vaccine acceptance, and trust in the vaccination and public health systems will help shepherd the region towards herd immunity. Local vaccine production backed with investment in infrastructure and international collaboration for research and knowledge development will also drive population safety. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11c90bf2a2794a05b77b8afc50b9fb562023-02-05T12:03:29ZengBMCGlobal Health Research and Policy2397-06422023-02-01811710.1186/s41256-023-00286-2Achieving herd immunity in South AmericaDon Eliseo Lucero-Prisno0Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa1Creuza Rachel Vicente2María José González Méndez3Shohra Qaderi4Jaifred Christian Lopez5Yidnekachew Girma Mogessie6Jason Alacapa7Lila Chamlagai8Remy Ndayizeye9Pelin Kinay10Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineFaculty of Pharmacy, University of LagosDepartment of Social Medicine, Federal University of Espírito SantoGlobal Health Focus South AmericaMaternal Fetal Care Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke UniversityJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthSchool of Public Health, Brown UniversityGeorge Washington UniversitySchool of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward IslandAbstract South America, once an epicenter of COVID-19, has stayed on the road of continued management of the pandemic. The region initially struggled to cope with the pandemic as it experienced spiraling numbers of infections and overwhelmed public health systems. South America has risen in its pandemic response to be the region with the highest global vaccination rate. The region posed a strong vaccination drive, with over 76% of its population fully vaccinated with the initial protocol. South America leveraged its deeply rooted vaccination culture and public health confidence among its population. Herd immunity is an integral concept in population infectious disease management. Attaining herd immunity is presently not feasible with available vaccines, but the high vaccination rate in the region depicts the acceptance of vaccination as a strategy for population protection. The availability of effective transmission-blocking vaccines, the continuous implementation of strategies that will enable the undisrupted supply of the vaccines, equity in access to the vaccines, improved vaccine acceptance, and trust in the vaccination and public health systems will help shepherd the region towards herd immunity. Local vaccine production backed with investment in infrastructure and international collaboration for research and knowledge development will also drive population safety.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-023-00286-2Herd immunityCOVID-19VaccinationPopulation healthSouth AmericaPandemic |
| spellingShingle | Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa Creuza Rachel Vicente María José González Méndez Shohra Qaderi Jaifred Christian Lopez Yidnekachew Girma Mogessie Jason Alacapa Lila Chamlagai Remy Ndayizeye Pelin Kinay Achieving herd immunity in South America Global Health Research and Policy Herd immunity COVID-19 Vaccination Population health South America Pandemic |
| title | Achieving herd immunity in South America |
| title_full | Achieving herd immunity in South America |
| title_fullStr | Achieving herd immunity in South America |
| title_full_unstemmed | Achieving herd immunity in South America |
| title_short | Achieving herd immunity in South America |
| title_sort | achieving herd immunity in south america |
| topic | Herd immunity COVID-19 Vaccination Population health South America Pandemic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-023-00286-2 |
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