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. 2021 Sep 28:9:25151355211047514.
doi: 10.1177/25151355211047514. eCollection 2021.

Vaccine hesitancy in Africa: causes and strategies to the rescue

Abdullahi Tunde Aborode  1 , Emmanuel Adebowale Fajemisin  2 , Osmond C Ekwebelem  3 , Christos Tsagkaris  4 , Edeh Abigael Taiwo  2 , Olivier Uwishema  5 , Oluwasola Oluwabusayo Awoniyi  6 , Shoaib Ahmad  7 , Mohammad Yasir Essar  8 , Irem Adanur  9 , Ismaeel Yunusa  10
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Vaccine hesitancy in Africa: causes and strategies to the rescue

Abdullahi Tunde Aborode et al. Ther Adv Vaccines Immunother. .
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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