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. 2022 Dec;28(13):S244-S246.
doi: 10.3201/eid2813.220743.

Leveraging HIV Program and Civil Society to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Zambia

Patricia Bobo, Jonas Z Hines, Roma Chilengi, Andrew F Auld, Simon G Agolory, Andrew Silumesii, John Nkengasong

Leveraging HIV Program and Civil Society to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Zambia

Patricia Bobo et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

To accelerate COVID-19 vaccination delivery, Zambia integrated COVID-19 vaccination into HIV treatment centers and used World AIDS Day 2021 to launch a national vaccination campaign. This campaign was associated with significantly increased vaccinations, demonstrating that HIV programs can be leveraged to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; HIV; SARS-CoV-2; Zambia; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.

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Time series of COVID-19 vaccination in Zambia, April 2021 to February 2022. A) Before and after the December Campaign. B) Compared with 2 neighboring countries with similar pre-intervention vaccination coverage trajectories and similar vaccine availability. C) Compared with the average for all 55 Africa Union member states. Prais-Winsten and Cochrane-Orcutt regression, lag(1). Vertical dashed line indicates start of Joint HIV Awareness and COVID-19 Vaccination Drive, December 1, 2021.
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