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ReviewInfectious disease reports2021

COVID-19 Vaccination in Developing Nations: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation.

Abu Baker Sheikh, Suman Pal, Nismat Javed, Rahul Shekhar

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Review in Infectious disease reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Abu Baker SheikhDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0503-6961
Suman PalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2051-9788
Nismat JavedShifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-8756-927X
Rahul ShekharDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1200-6886

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines offer a hope toward ending the global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV2. Mass vaccination of the global population offers hope to curb the spread. Developing nations, however, face monumental challenges in procurement, allocation, distribution and uptake of vaccines. Inequities in vaccine supply are already evident with resource-rich nations having secured a large chunk of the available vaccine doses for 2021. Once supplies are made available, vaccines will have to be distributed and administered to entire populations-with considerations for individual risk level, remote geography, cultural and socio-economic factors. This would require logistical and trained personnel support that can be hard to come by for resource-poor nations. Several vaccines also require ultra-cold temperatures for storage and transport and therefore the need for specialized equipment and reliable power supply which may also not be readily available. Lastly, attention will need to be paid to ensuring adequate uptake of vaccines since vaccine hesitancy has already been reported for COVID vaccines. However, existing strengths of local and regional communities can be leveraged to provide innovative solutions and mitigate some of the challenges. Regional and international cooperation can also play a big role in ensuring equity in vaccine access and vaccination.

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COVAXdeveloping countrieshesitancyvaccine equity

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PMID34069242
PMCPMC8162348

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