Why SARS-CoV-2 vaccination still matters in Africa

S D Taylor-Robinson^{1

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6}, T Corrah⁷, O O Oleribe⁸, A W Taylor-Robinson^{9

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Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Surgery and Cancer, St Mary's Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom.
² Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, P.O. Box 1460, Mbale, Uganda.
³ UCL Institute for Liver & Digestive Health, Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College London, Pond St, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom.
⁴ Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, K Floor, K46 Room 51, Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Rd, Observatory, Republic of South Africa 7925.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, 112 Al Qasr Avenue, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Shab Teaching Hospital, Army Avenue, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁷ The Africa Research Excellence Fund, MRC The Gambia @ LSHTM, Atlantic Boulevard, Serrekunda, The Gambia.
⁸ Office of the Director General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6 Edmund Crescent, Yaba 101245, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁹ College of Health Sciences, Vin University, Đa Tốn, Gia Lâm District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
¹⁰ Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA.

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S D Taylor-Robinson et al. QJM. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 22;115(3):191-192.

doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac014.

S D Taylor-Robinson^{1

2}, M Y Morgan³, C W Spearman⁴, A A A Suliman^{5

6}, T Corrah⁷, O O Oleribe⁸, A W Taylor-Robinson^{9

10}

¹ From the Department of Surgery and Cancer, St Mary's Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom.
² Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, P.O. Box 1460, Mbale, Uganda.
³ UCL Institute for Liver & Digestive Health, Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College London, Pond St, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom.
⁴ Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, K Floor, K46 Room 51, Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Rd, Observatory, Republic of South Africa 7925.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, 112 Al Qasr Avenue, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Shab Teaching Hospital, Army Avenue, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁷ The Africa Research Excellence Fund, MRC The Gambia @ LSHTM, Atlantic Boulevard, Serrekunda, The Gambia.
⁸ Office of the Director General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6 Edmund Crescent, Yaba 101245, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁹ College of Health Sciences, Vin University, Đa Tốn, Gia Lâm District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
¹⁰ Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA.

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