Low coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: current evidence and the way forward
Disparities in COVID-19 vaccine coverage across the globe have uncovered inequities in global healthcare. While more than half of the population of the developed countries have been fully vaccinated, only a small percentage of the African population has received one vaccine dose so far, a far cry fr...
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2022-01-01
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| author | Lukman Lawal Munira Aminu Bello Tonderai Murwira Clement Avoka Shamsuddeen Yusuf Ma'aruf Imoetin Harrison Omonhinmin Pamela Maluleke Christos Tsagkaris Helen Onyeaka |
| author_facet | Lukman Lawal Munira Aminu Bello Tonderai Murwira Clement Avoka Shamsuddeen Yusuf Ma'aruf Imoetin Harrison Omonhinmin Pamela Maluleke Christos Tsagkaris Helen Onyeaka |
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| description | Disparities in COVID-19 vaccine coverage across the globe have uncovered inequities in global healthcare. While more than half of the population of the developed countries have been fully vaccinated, only a small percentage of the African population has received one vaccine dose so far, a far cry from the global vaccination targets. Furthermore, several low and middle income (LMICs) African countries lack the competence, infrastructure, logistics, and financial resources to mass-vaccinate their populations. This paper highlights the causes and implications of the low COVID-19 vaccine coverage on Africa and the global community, and discusses strategies for restructuring and strengthening COVID-19 vaccination in Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8f81dba7a8b4927ba3a9bb7558a5af52023-09-26T12:57:38ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2022-01-0118110.1080/21645515.2022.20344572034457Low coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: current evidence and the way forwardLukman Lawal0Munira Aminu Bello1Tonderai Murwira2Clement Avoka3Shamsuddeen Yusuf Ma'aruf4Imoetin Harrison Omonhinmin5Pamela Maluleke6Christos Tsagkaris7Helen Onyeaka8West African Institute of Public HealthWest African Institute of Public HealthWest African Institute of Public HealthWest African Institute of Public HealthLancaster UniversityWest African Institute of Public HealthWest African Institute of Public HealthUniversity of CreteUniversity of BirminghamDisparities in COVID-19 vaccine coverage across the globe have uncovered inequities in global healthcare. While more than half of the population of the developed countries have been fully vaccinated, only a small percentage of the African population has received one vaccine dose so far, a far cry from the global vaccination targets. Furthermore, several low and middle income (LMICs) African countries lack the competence, infrastructure, logistics, and financial resources to mass-vaccinate their populations. This paper highlights the causes and implications of the low COVID-19 vaccine coverage on Africa and the global community, and discusses strategies for restructuring and strengthening COVID-19 vaccination in Africa.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2034457covid-19 pandemiccovid-19 vaccinationvaccine hesitancycovid-19 vaccine inequitysars-cov-2disparitieslow coverage of vaccineafricalmicdeveloping countries |
| spellingShingle | Lukman Lawal Munira Aminu Bello Tonderai Murwira Clement Avoka Shamsuddeen Yusuf Ma'aruf Imoetin Harrison Omonhinmin Pamela Maluleke Christos Tsagkaris Helen Onyeaka Low coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: current evidence and the way forward Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics covid-19 pandemic covid-19 vaccination vaccine hesitancy covid-19 vaccine inequity sars-cov-2 disparities low coverage of vaccine africa lmic developing countries |
| title | Low coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: current evidence and the way forward |
| title_full | Low coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: current evidence and the way forward |
| title_fullStr | Low coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: current evidence and the way forward |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: current evidence and the way forward |
| title_short | Low coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: current evidence and the way forward |
| title_sort | low coverage of covid 19 vaccines in africa current evidence and the way forward |
| topic | covid-19 pandemic covid-19 vaccination vaccine hesitancy covid-19 vaccine inequity sars-cov-2 disparities low coverage of vaccine africa lmic developing countries |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2034457 |
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