In general, Africa remains the least vaccinated region in the world with only 9.6 percent of its population fully vaccinated by early December. This is compared to the WHO's 40 percent vaccination rate target for the end of 2021. In contrast, the vaccination rate in developed economies has be...
This systematic review aims to close this research gap by investigating upstream factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination rates in Africa. Methods: A literature search will be systematically conducted utilizing various databases including: MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, CINAHL, Web...
According to the WHO, vaccination rates remain low in Africa. Only 102 million people, or 7.5% of the population, are fully vaccinated. More than 80% of people in Africa are yet to receive a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In early December, the UN agency repor...
"If we can vaccinate more than 70 percent of young people, we can open up more. We want to defeat covid for today and tomorrow. The youth are the future of the country. The economy can't succeed without them," the minister noted. The movement came after a low vaccination rate among ...
Heterogeneity was assessed using I Conclusion:The COVID-19 vaccination acceptance rate was good, but it could be improved. The findings could help governments to figure out the best way to carry out COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns. There is a lack of data in most countries. Therefore, ...
individuals with negative attitudes were 3.14 times more likely to hesitate regarding COVID-19 vaccination (POR = 3.14; 95% CI: 1.23; 8.02; I2 = 95%). A meta-analysis of two studies found that individuals unsure about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine exhibited significantly high...
An additional future research direction could be to study Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination and death rates. Conclusions Our study found a highly significant effect of the vaccine on the reproduction rate of COVID-19 in Africa, as well as the effect of the region in Africa on the virus spread...
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The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to explore the impact of government mandates on movement restrictions and non-pharmaceutical interventions on a novel infection, and we investigate these strategies in early-stage outbreak dynamics. The rate of disease spread in South Africa varied over ti...
The vaccination target was missed in the same week that U.S. President Joe Biden received a third "booster" dose of vaccine and urged others to do the same. The UK has also given the green light to booster jabs and the EU's top medical body is set to make it...