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[LAKES] The adoption of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa means that other high-risk people are opposed to serious infections and that vaccination targets set by the World Health Organization will be met, infectious disease specialists have said.
While Africa still lags behind the rest of the world in terms of access to and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine, the WHO says vaccination rates are improving.
The World Health Assembly in May last year set a COVID-19 vaccination target for countries to vaccinate at least 10% of their population by 30 September 2021. Only 15 African countries have achieved this goal, in addition to Seychelles and Mauritius, which have achieved 60% of the vaccination rate. Morocco has achieved a vaccination rate of 48%, while Cape Verde, the Comoros and Tunisia have vaccinated 20% of its population. Nine other African countries, in addition to South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia, have reached the 10% target consistent with the target.
However, as of July of this year, there were some improvements in COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Rates rose from less than one cent in Ethiopia and Zambia to 33 cents and 25. 2 cents respectively.
“What portends this increase in COVID-19 vaccination for Africa is that the needle of policy for Africa will shift towards set goals and the hope is that Americans on the highest-risk teams will be facing any eventuality, such as new variants and waves. Phionah Atuhebwe, a doctor in charge of the rate of new vaccines at the WHO Regional Office for Africa, told SciDev. net.
Atuhebwe says the regional office is offering technical assistance, partnering with ministries of health to supply COVID-19 vaccines and organizing investment systems for this progress and ensuring certain vaccine delivery targets are met.
Chika Offor, Executive Director of the Vaccines and Disease Control Network in Nigeria, says Africa must be tackled to develop the adoption of COVID-19 vaccines.
“African leaders want to work with non-governmental organizations, private sectors, partners and experts in their countries to put into practice a method on how to get citizens to interact to develop vaccination [COVID-19],” Offor said.
She told SciDev. Net that governments and fitness ministries in the region want to be transparent with the data to prevent the spread of erroneous data.
“The dramatic increase in vaccine doses administered has taken six countries past the critical benchmark of more than 10% of their general population by completing their first vaccine dose circular,” the WHO said.
“Among the countries that scaled up vaccination campaigns in June are Tanzania, where immunization policy for a final number one series increased from 1. 8% to 15. 8%, while South Sudan increased from 2% to 11%.
“We are also sending the right equipment to communities to communicate about COVID-19 and vaccination. These groups accompany vaccines for the population,” Ogundiran said.
Ogundiran also told SciDev. Net that the organization is implementing measures to engage infection rates, such as helping countries implement diagnostic testing and contact tracing programs.
“WHO Africa is the network’s reaction by making sure that when a case of COVID-19 is confirmed, there are studies within a 100-meter radius of that case and that the tests are presented to other people in other communities,” says Ogundiran.
“In Africa, genuine burden is understood from the extent of transmission and severity or death,” Humphrey Cyprian Karamagi, co-author of WHO’s senior technical lead for the progression of fitness systems in Africa, told SciDev. net.
“The explanation for why the research is to close the hole by offering reliable estimates of the extent of COVID-19 transmission and deaths. “
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[LAKES] The adoption of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa means that other high-risk people are opposed to serious infections and that vaccination targets set by the World Health Organization will be met, infectious disease specialists have said.
While Africa still lags behind the rest of the world in terms of access to and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine, the WHO says vaccination rates are improving.
The World Health Assembly in May last year set a COVID-19 vaccination target for countries to vaccinate at least 10% of their population by 30 September 2021. Only 15 African countries have achieved this goal, in addition to Seychelles and Mauritius, which have achieved 60% of the vaccination rate. Morocco has achieved a vaccination rate of 48%, while Cape Verde, the Comoros and Tunisia have vaccinated 20% of its population. Nine other African countries, in addition to South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia, have reached the 10% target consistent with the target.
However, as of July of this year, there were some improvements in COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Rates rose from less than one cent in Ethiopia and Zambia to 33 cents and 25. 2 cents respectively.
“What portends this increase in COVID-19 vaccination for Africa is that the needle of policy for Africa will shift towards set goals and the hope is that Americans on the highest-risk teams will be facing any eventuality, such as new variants and waves. Phionah Atuhebwe, a doctor in charge of the rate of new vaccines at the WHO Regional Office for Africa, told SciDev. net.
Atuhebwe says the regional office is offering technical assistance, partnering with ministries of health to supply COVID-19 vaccines and organizing investment systems for this progress and ensuring certain vaccine delivery targets are met.
Chika Offor, Executive Director of the Vaccines and Disease Control Network in Nigeria, says Africa must be tackled to develop the adoption of COVID-19 vaccines.
“African leaders want to work with non-governmental organizations, private sectors, partners and experts in their countries to put into practice a method on how to get citizens to interact to develop vaccination [COVID-19],” Offor said.
She told SciDev. Net that governments and fitness ministries in the region want to be transparent with the data to prevent the spread of erroneous data.
“The dramatic increase in vaccine doses administered has taken six countries past the critical benchmark of more than 10% of their general population by completing their first vaccine dose circular,” the WHO said.
“Among the countries that scaled up vaccination campaigns in June are Tanzania, where immunization policy for a final number one series increased from 1. 8% to 15. 8%, while South Sudan increased from 2% to 11%.
“We are also sending the right equipment to communities to communicate about COVID-19 and vaccination. These groups accompany vaccines for the population,” Ogundiran said.
Ogundiran also told SciDev. Net that the organization is implementing measures to engage infection rates, such as helping countries implement diagnostic testing and contact tracing programs.
“WHO Africa is the network’s reaction by making sure that when a case of COVID-19 is confirmed, there are studies within a 100-meter radius of that case and that the tests are presented to other people in other communities,” says Ogundiran.
“In Africa, genuine burden is understood from the extent of transmission and severity or death,” Humphrey Cyprian Karamagi, co-author of WHO’s senior technical lead for the progression of fitness systems in Africa, told SciDev. net.
“The explanation for why the research is to close the hole by offering reliable estimates of the extent of COVID-19 transmission and deaths. “
This article was produced through SciDev. Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English office.
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