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. 2022 Feb 15;50(1):15.
doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00407-6.

Why many African countries may not achieve the 2022 COVID-19 vaccination coverage target

Israel Oluwaseyidayo Idris  1   2 , Gabriel Omoniyi Ayeni  3 , Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi  4   5
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Why many African countries may not achieve the 2022 COVID-19 vaccination coverage target

Israel Oluwaseyidayo Idris et al. Trop Med Health. .

Abstract

COVID-19 continues to strain, stress, and stretch health systems globally. With the development of the COVID-19 vaccines, there are many issues still lurking behind the widespread coverage; one of which is COVID-19 vaccine nationalism and African countries are not exempted from these issues. This is evident in that many countries in the African region missed the earlier targets set by World Health Organization (WHO) for COVID-19 vaccination coverage. The WHO further set a target of 70% coverage of the COVID-19 vaccines for all countries by June 2022. In this article, we discuss the possible reasons why many African countries are struggling and may not achieve the COVID-19 vaccination target in 2022. With the fundamental issues facing COVID-19 vaccination ranging from nationalism to hesitancy, it is important that stakeholders continue to work harder to ensure that the continent is not left behind in the race to keep the world free and safe from the sting of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; Vaccination; WHO target.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests. Views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the affiliations of the authors including World Health Organization.

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