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Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Dec 20; doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00563-5. Epub 2021 Dec 20.

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action.

The Lancet. Global health

Polydor Ngoy Mutombo, Mosoka P Fallah, Davison Munodawafa, Ahmed Kabel, David Houeto, Tinashe Goronga, Oliver Mweemba, Gladys Balance, Hans Onya, Roger S Kamba, Miriam Chipimo, Jean-Marie Ntumba Kayembe, Bartholomew Akanmori

Affiliations

  1. National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia; Refuge Place International, Monrovia, Liberia.
  2. Refuge Place International, Monrovia, Liberia; Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; Africa Center for Disease Control, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. Faculty of Medicine, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe; Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand.
  4. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco; Regional Vaccine Research and Regulation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo; College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
  5. School of Public Health, University of Parakou, Sainte-Rita, Cotonou, Benin.
  6. Centre for Health Equity Zimbabwe, Equal Health Global Campaign Against Racism, Harare, Zimbabwe.
  7. Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, Ridgeway Campus University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
  8. Gender Institute, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe.
  9. Department of Public Health, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa.
  10. COVID-19 Task Force, Democratic Republic of Congo President's Office, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
  11. UNAIDS, Durban, South Africa.
  12. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Lung Diseases, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
  13. National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 34942117 PMCID: PMC8687664 DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00563-5

[No abstract available.]

Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests. We received no grants or other financial support.

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