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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action
The Lancet Global Health, Vol.10(3), pp.E320-E321
03/2022
PMCID: PMC8687664
PMID: 34942117
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Abstract
In addition to low COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Africa due to vaccine nationalism and vaccine diplomacy, the gradual effort to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is threatened by vaccine hesitancy. In Africa in particular, the low vaccine coverage1 and the ubiquitous vaccine hesitancy in a concerning proportion of the population undermine efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. We advocate for humane, culturally relevant, and rapid public health action to address these issues.
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- Title
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action
- Creators
- Polydor Ngoy Mutombo - Southern Cross UniversityMosoka P Fallah - Boston UniversityDavison Munodawafa - Midlands State UniversityAhmed Kabel - Al Akhawayn UniversityDavid Houeto - Université de ParakouTinashe Goronga - Centre for Health Equity Zimbabwe, Equal Health Global Campaign Against Racism, Harare, ZimbabweOliver Mweemba - University of ZambiaGladys Balance - Midlands State UniversityHans Onya - University of LimpopoRoger S Kamba - COVID-19 Task Force, Democratic Republic of Congo President's Office, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoMiriam Chipimo - UNAIDS, Durban, South AfricaJean-Marie Ntumba Kayembe - University of KinshasaBartholomew Akanmori - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- The Lancet Global Health, Vol.10(3), pp.E320-E321
- Publisher
- The Lancet Publishing Group
- Identifiers
- 991012987890802368
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article