Cargando…
Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016
We describe the existence and functionality of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) in Africa between 2010 and 2016, using data from the WHO-UNICEF Joint Reporting Form. The number of African countries with NITAGs increased from 15 (28%) in 2010 to 26 (48%) in 2016. Countries wit...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis
2018
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6284504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29771634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1475815 |
_version_ | 1783379345203527680 |
---|---|
author | Wiyeh, Alison B. Sambala, Evanson Z. Ngcobo, Ntombenhle Wiysonge, Charles S. |
author_facet | Wiyeh, Alison B. Sambala, Evanson Z. Ngcobo, Ntombenhle Wiysonge, Charles S. |
author_sort | Wiyeh, Alison B. |
collection | PubMed |
description | We describe the existence and functionality of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) in Africa between 2010 and 2016, using data from the WHO-UNICEF Joint Reporting Form. The number of African countries with NITAGs increased from 15 (28%) in 2010 to 26 (48%) in 2016. Countries with a functioning NITAG increased from 5(9%) in 2010 to 16 (30%) in 2016. In 2016, 13 of the 27 (48%) low-income African countries reported having a NITAG; seven (54%) of them functional. Thirteen of the 26 (50%) middle-income countries reported having a NITAG; nine (69%) of them functional. In 2016, six of the seven African countries (86%) in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region had a NITAG, with three (50%) functional. In the WHO African Region, 20 of the 47 countries (43%) had NITAGs; 13 (65%) of them functional. Substantial investments should be made to ensure that every African country has a functional NITAG. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-6284504 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2018 |
publisher | Taylor & Francis |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-62845042018-12-10 Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016 Wiyeh, Alison B. Sambala, Evanson Z. Ngcobo, Ntombenhle Wiysonge, Charles S. Hum Vaccin Immunother Review We describe the existence and functionality of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) in Africa between 2010 and 2016, using data from the WHO-UNICEF Joint Reporting Form. The number of African countries with NITAGs increased from 15 (28%) in 2010 to 26 (48%) in 2016. Countries with a functioning NITAG increased from 5(9%) in 2010 to 16 (30%) in 2016. In 2016, 13 of the 27 (48%) low-income African countries reported having a NITAG; seven (54%) of them functional. Thirteen of the 26 (50%) middle-income countries reported having a NITAG; nine (69%) of them functional. In 2016, six of the seven African countries (86%) in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region had a NITAG, with three (50%) functional. In the WHO African Region, 20 of the 47 countries (43%) had NITAGs; 13 (65%) of them functional. Substantial investments should be made to ensure that every African country has a functional NITAG. Taylor & Francis 2018-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6284504/ /pubmed/29771634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1475815 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
spellingShingle | Review Wiyeh, Alison B. Sambala, Evanson Z. Ngcobo, Ntombenhle Wiysonge, Charles S. Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016 |
title | Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016 |
title_full | Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016 |
title_fullStr | Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016 |
title_full_unstemmed | Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016 |
title_short | Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016 |
title_sort | existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in africa from 2010 to 2016 |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6284504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29771634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1475815 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT wiyehalisonb existenceandfunctionalityofnationalimmunisationtechnicaladvisorygroupsinafricafrom2010to2016 AT sambalaevansonz existenceandfunctionalityofnationalimmunisationtechnicaladvisorygroupsinafricafrom2010to2016 AT ngcobontombenhle existenceandfunctionalityofnationalimmunisationtechnicaladvisorygroupsinafricafrom2010to2016 AT wiysongecharless existenceandfunctionalityofnationalimmunisationtechnicaladvisorygroupsinafricafrom2010to2016 |