ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2018
Special focus on challenges and opportunities for the development and use of vaccines in Africa.
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- Vaccine equity in Africa: a rapid review of policy, legal and governance frameworks to improve research and development.Frontiers in health services · 2026Pooled it
- Incomplete immunization and its determinants among children in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Pooled it
- Short message service (SMS) reminders for childhood immunisation in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- A Cross-Sectional Study to Understand COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Nursing Students and Health Workers: Implications for Future Outbreak Preparedness in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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- Lay beliefs of COVID-19 vaccine refusal among intercity commercial drivers in the Volta region of Ghana: recommendations for improved vaccine uptake.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2024Article
- Uptake and determinants of childhood vaccination status among children aged 0-12 months in three West African countries.BMC public health · 2023Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Latin America and Africa: a scoping review.Cadernos de saude publica · 2023Article
- Two decades of regional trends in vaccination completion and coverage among children aged 12-23 months: an analysis of the Uganda Demographic Health Survey data from 1995 to 2016.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Strengthening Africa's capacity for vaccine research: Needs and challenges.Health promotion perspectives · 2022Review
- Advancing mRNA technologies for therapies and vaccines: An African context.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
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- Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Incomplete Vaccination and Its Predictors among Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Global pediatric health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Immunization of children against vaccine-preventable diseases is one of the most cost-effective and potentially equitable public health interventions. Nevertheless, approximately 19.9 million of the world's annual birth cohort are either under-immunized or have not been vaccinated at all. Understanding the factors contributing to under-immunization in settinsg such as sub-Saharan Africa which bears a disproportionate burden of vaccine preventable diseases is key to unlocking the full potential that vaccines offer in reducing under-5 morbidity and mortality. The series or articles in this issue of the Journal, mainly through systematic analysis of District Health Surveillance data bases from 35 countries, highlight the challenges faced in improving vaccination coverage rates in sub-Saharan Africa which has stagnated at approximately 72% for completion of the primary series of infant vaccines over the past decade. The reasons for under-immunization of children is sub-Saharan Africa is identified to be multi-factorial and may differ between and within countries. This highlights the need for country-specific, possibly at a district or sub-regional level, interrogation of factors contributing to under-immunization of children, to work toward providing Universal Health Coverage as envisioned in the Sustainable Development Goals.
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