Decolonising vaccine production: Unpacking Ghanaians’ support for made-in-Africa vaccines
Localisation of vaccine production is essential worldwide, but it is particularly crucial for Africa. This continent is more vulnerable to disease burdens and also lags behind other continents regarding access to vaccines. Moreover, many people in Africa have a long-standing apathy towards locally m...
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| description | Localisation of vaccine production is essential worldwide, but it is particularly crucial for Africa. This continent is more vulnerable to disease burdens and also lags behind other continents regarding access to vaccines. Moreover, many people in Africa have a long-standing apathy towards locally made products and services. This mindset raises the question of whether Africans will support African-made vaccines and what the associated reasons are. Guided by the theories of nationalism and import substitution industrialisation, we formulated and tested eight hypotheses. To answer these, we analysed survey data from 6,731 residents backed by key informant interviews in Ghana. Our findings identified three types of local vaccine consumers: Afrocentric-ethnocentrics, Apathetic-Afrocentrics and Afrocentric-Fence Sitters. Four out of the eight hypothesised factors explain why some individuals have a positive attitude towards locally made vaccines, compared to those who are unsure of their stance. The proposed typology of local vaccine consumers and their defining characteristics can help design public health campaigns to mobilize support for locally produced vaccines. These campaigns must consider tourism-dependent and non-dependent communities since the impact of these factors varies among them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a567898312c463d80579476e2f7e5592023-08-06T04:38:05ZengElsevierVaccine: X2590-13622023-08-0114100283Decolonising vaccine production: Unpacking Ghanaians’ support for made-in-Africa vaccinesCharles Atanga Adongo0Derek Anamaale Tuoyire1Muniru Azuug2Anthony Baffour Appiah3Francis Taale4Iddrisu Amadu5University of Cape Coast, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Ghana; Emperiks Research, University of Cape Coast Stadium Avenue, Cape Coast, Ghana; School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaUniversity of Cape Coast, College of Health and Allied Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, GhanaUniversity of Education, Winneba, Faculty of Social Science Education, Department of Economics Education, GhanaUniversity of Cape Coast, College of Health and Allied Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, GhanaUniversity of Cape Coast, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, School of Economics, Department of Economic Studies, Ghana; Corresponding author.Emperiks Research, University of Cape Coast Stadium Avenue, Cape Coast, GhanaLocalisation of vaccine production is essential worldwide, but it is particularly crucial for Africa. This continent is more vulnerable to disease burdens and also lags behind other continents regarding access to vaccines. Moreover, many people in Africa have a long-standing apathy towards locally made products and services. This mindset raises the question of whether Africans will support African-made vaccines and what the associated reasons are. Guided by the theories of nationalism and import substitution industrialisation, we formulated and tested eight hypotheses. To answer these, we analysed survey data from 6,731 residents backed by key informant interviews in Ghana. Our findings identified three types of local vaccine consumers: Afrocentric-ethnocentrics, Apathetic-Afrocentrics and Afrocentric-Fence Sitters. Four out of the eight hypothesised factors explain why some individuals have a positive attitude towards locally made vaccines, compared to those who are unsure of their stance. The proposed typology of local vaccine consumers and their defining characteristics can help design public health campaigns to mobilize support for locally produced vaccines. These campaigns must consider tourism-dependent and non-dependent communities since the impact of these factors varies among them.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136223000244AfricaDecolonisingCoronavirusNationalismVaccines |
| spellingShingle | Charles Atanga Adongo Derek Anamaale Tuoyire Muniru Azuug Anthony Baffour Appiah Francis Taale Iddrisu Amadu Decolonising vaccine production: Unpacking Ghanaians’ support for made-in-Africa vaccines Vaccine: X Africa Decolonising Coronavirus Nationalism Vaccines |
| title | Decolonising vaccine production: Unpacking Ghanaians’ support for made-in-Africa vaccines |
| title_full | Decolonising vaccine production: Unpacking Ghanaians’ support for made-in-Africa vaccines |
| title_fullStr | Decolonising vaccine production: Unpacking Ghanaians’ support for made-in-Africa vaccines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decolonising vaccine production: Unpacking Ghanaians’ support for made-in-Africa vaccines |
| title_short | Decolonising vaccine production: Unpacking Ghanaians’ support for made-in-Africa vaccines |
| title_sort | decolonising vaccine production unpacking ghanaians support for made in africa vaccines |
| topic | Africa Decolonising Coronavirus Nationalism Vaccines |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136223000244 |
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