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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2024

Addressing the re-emergence and resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Africa: A health equity perspective.

Adriano Focus Lubanga, Akim Nelson Bwanali, Melina Kangoma, Yankho Matola, Chitemwa Moyo, Byenala Kaonga, Stuart Ssebibubbu, Tumaini John Makole, Frank Kambili, Gertrude Diana Chumbi and 8 more

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. The resurgence of diphtheria: A call for vigilance.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Adriano Focus LubangaEducation and Research, Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS), Lilongwe, Malawi.ORCID 0000-0002-5491-5412
Akim Nelson BwanaliEducation and Research, Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Melina KangomaDepartment of Clinical Services, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Yankho MatolaDepartment of Clinical Services, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Chitemwa MoyoDepartment of Clinical Services, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Byenala KaongaDepartment of Clinical Services, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Stuart SsebibubbuDepartment of Evidence Generation, Afya na Haki Institute, Nakwero, Uganda.
Tumaini John MakoleDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Council of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Frank KambiliEducation and Research, Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Gertrude Diana ChumbiDepartment of Clinical Services, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Leonard MunthaliDepartment of Clinical Services, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Atupele MwaleDepartment of Clinical Services, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Frank KaphesiEducation and Research, Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Reuben SimfukweDepartment of Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES), Blantyre, Malawi.
Mzati MphepoDepartment of Clinical Services, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), Blantyre, Malawi.
Thandizo KapatsaEducation and Research, Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Gracian HarawaAntimicrobial Resistance Champion, Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM), Lilongwe, Malawi.
Samuel L MpinganjiraDepartment of Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES), Blantyre, Malawi.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccination is one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, with a tremendous impact in the prevention and control of diseases. However, the recent reemergence of vaccine-preventable diseases calls for a need to evaluate current vaccination practices and disparities in vaccination between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries. There are massive deficits in vaccine availability and coverage in resource-constrained settings. Therefore, this perspective seeks to highlight the reemergence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Africa within the lens of health equity and offer recommendations on how the continent should be prepared to deal with the myriad of its health systems challenges. Among the notable factors contributing to the reemergence, stand health inequities affecting vaccine availability and the dynamic vaccine hesitancy. Strengthening health systems and addressing health inequities could prove useful in halting the reemergence of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Indexed as

Health EquityVaccinationVaccine-Preventable DiseasesAfricaCommunicable Diseases, EmergingHumansVaccination HesitancyVaccinesVaccineshealth equityimmunizationsub-Saharan AfricaVaccine-preventable diseasesvaccines

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PMID38982713
PMCPMC11238914

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