Who Will Pay for the COVID-19 Vaccines for Africa?

Lucero‐Prisno, Don Eliseo; Ogunkola, Isaac Olushola; Imo, Uchenna Frank; Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-1506

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“…It is responsible for the eradication of rinderpest and smallpox and the control of infectious diseases such as polio in many parts of the world . It is therefore clear that a safe, highly effective, and globally acceptable and equitable vaccination program, together with pre-existing precautionary measures, is essential to effectively contain the outbreak (Lucero-Prisno et al, 2021).…”

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Willingness to Vaccinate against COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: An Online Survey in 10 Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Elhadi¹,

Mehanna²,

Adebisi³

et al. 2021

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BACKGROUND: Willingness of healthcare workers to be vaccinated is an important factor to be considered for a successful COVID-19 vaccination programme. This study aims to understand the willingness of health workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and its associated concerns across 10 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). METHOD: A cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2021 among healthcare workers in EMR using an online survey. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS software package version 20.0. RESULTS: A total of 2806 health workers (physicians, nurses and pharmacists) completed and returned the informed consent along with the questionnaire electronically. More than half of the respondents (58.0%) were willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, even if the vaccination is not mandatory for them. On the other hand, 25.7% of respondents were not willing to take COVID-19 vaccine while 16.3 % were undecided. The top three reasons for not willing to be vaccinated were unreliability of COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials (62.0%), fear of the side effects of the vaccine (45.3%), and that COVID-19 vaccine will not give immunity for a long period of time (23.1%). CONCLUSION: Overall, the study revealed suboptimal acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among the respondents in the EMR. Significant refusal of COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare professionals can reverse hard-won progress in building public trust in vaccination program. The findings suggest the need to develop tailored strategies to address concerns identified in the study in order to ensure optimal vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in the EMR.

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Willingness to Vaccinate against COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: An Online Survey in 10 Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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Mehanna²,

Adebisi³

et al. 2021

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“…This would only be achieved if there was a wide acceptance of intake of the launched vaccines among the general public to reach a broad immunological protection. (12) If there is a vaccine hesitancy, the minimal required herd immunity (55 to 82% of community) will not be achieved. Hence, some individuals will not be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine because of age, pregnancy, immune-compromised or any other contraindicated conditions, the refusal of vaccine intake should not exceed 10% in the community.…”

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Public Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in Saudi Arabia

Alqathami

Mohamed

2021

Journal of High Institute of Public Health

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Background: COVID-19 vaccination is a crucial public health intervention to stem the pandemic, however, there is a public hesitation to take the vaccine all over the world because of concerns about safety. Objective(s):To assess the intention to take COVID-19 vaccines among adults in Saudi Arabia, and to explore determinants of this intention and causes of refusal of COVID-19 vaccines. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1345 adults in all provinces of Saudi Arabia using a questionnaire that was distributed via all social media channels. Stepwise binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the predictors to accept COVID-19 vaccination. Results: About 48% of respondents intend to receive COVID-19 vaccines. The predictors of COVID-19 vaccines acceptance were perception of strong possibility of getting COVID-19 infection, high risk perception of the COVID-19, adherence to protective measures during the pandemic, receiving flu vaccines and high level of knowledge. The three most common causes of refusal to receive COVID-19 vaccines were fear from side effects of vaccines (76.8%), absence of trust that it will prevent COVID-19 infection (44%) and being in good health (28.7%). Conclusion and recommendations:The willingness of adults to receive COVID-19 vaccines is suboptimal. There is a need for targeted health education messages using a multidisciplinary team capable of good communication with the public and dissemination of accurate messages via all social media platforms to correct misconceptions about the vaccines especially that related to public confidence in vaccine safety.

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“…This is likely one of the reasons for the disappointing progress in fighting CKD. The COVID-19 vaccine being almost exclusively available in higher-income settings is also a matter of major concern [ 97 ].…”

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Fighting the unbearable lightness of neglecting kidney health: the decade of the kidney

Vanholder

Annemans

Bello

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Clinical Kidney Journal

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A brief comprehensive overview is provided of the elements constituting the burden of kidney disease (chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury). This publication can be used for advocacy emphasizing the importance and urgency of reducing this heavy and rapidly growing burden. Kidney diseases contribute to significant physical limitations, loss of quality of life, emotional and cognitive disorders, social isolation and premature death. Chronic kidney disease affects close to 100 million Europeans with 300 million being at risk, and is projected to become the fifth cause of worldwide death by 2040. Kidney disease also imposes financial burdens given the costs of accessing health care and inability to work. The extrapolated annual cost of all chronic kidney disease is at least as high as that for cancer or diabetes. In addition, dialysis treatment of kidney diseases imposes environmental burdens by necessitating high energy and water consumption and producing plastic waste. Acute kidney injury is associated with further increases of global morbidity, mortality and economic burden. Yet, investment in research for treatment of kidney disease lags behind that of other diseases. This publication is a call for European investment in research for kidney health. The innovations generated should mirror the successful EU actions against cancer over the last 30 years. It is also a plea to nephrology professionals, patients and their families, caregivers, and kidney health advocacy organizations, to draw during the Decade of the Kidney (2020-2030) the attention of authorities to realize changes in understanding, research and treatment of kidney disease.

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Who Will Pay for the COVID-19 Vaccines for Africa?

Cited by 26 publications

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Willingness to Vaccinate against COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: An Online Survey in 10 Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Willingness to Vaccinate against COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: An Online Survey in 10 Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Public Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in Saudi Arabia

Fighting the unbearable lightness of neglecting kidney health: the decade of the kidney

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