Why many African countries may not achieve the 2022 COVID-19 vaccination coverage target

Tropical Medicine and Health - Tập 50 Số 1 - 2022
Israel Oluwaseyidayo Idris1, Gabriel Omoniyi Ayeni2, Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi3
1Medair, Sudan Country Programme, Ecublens, Switzerland
2Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) Department, World Health Organization WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
3Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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AbstractCOVID-19 continues to strain, stress, and stretch health systems globally. With the development of the COVID-19 vaccines, there are many issues still lurking behind the widespread coverage; one of which is COVID-19 vaccine nationalism and African countries are not exempted from these issues. This is evident in that many countries in the African region missed the earlier targets set by World Health Organization (WHO) for COVID-19 vaccination coverage. The WHO further set a target of 70% coverage of the COVID-19 vaccines for all countries by June 2022. In this article, we discuss the possible reasons why many African countries are struggling and may not achieve the COVID-19 vaccination target in 2022. With the fundamental issues facing COVID-19 vaccination ranging from nationalism to hesitancy, it is important that stakeholders continue to work harder to ensure that the continent is not left behind in the race to keep the world free and safe from the sting of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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