Will refugees also get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Africa?

Africa has the second-highest number of displaced persons in the world. This number increases continuously due to the ongoing crisis in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa. African refugees are not only prone to COVID-19 but they are also capable of transmitting it across country borders. This...

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Autores principales: Ibrahim, Abdulmumin Damilola, Akpus, Adigizi Iliya, Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde, Babatunde, Abdulhammed Opeyemi
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8411840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34494008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100118
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author Ibrahim, Abdulmumin Damilola
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Babatunde, Abdulhammed Opeyemi
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description Africa has the second-highest number of displaced persons in the world. This number increases continuously due to the ongoing crisis in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa. African refugees are not only prone to COVID-19 but they are also capable of transmitting it across country borders. This article aims to highlight the need for equity in vaccine distribution in Africa to include refugees in each host countries.
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spelling pubmed-84118402021-09-03 Will refugees also get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Africa? Ibrahim, Abdulmumin Damilola Akpus, Adigizi Iliya Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde Babatunde, Abdulhammed Opeyemi Public Health Pract (Oxf) Commentary Africa has the second-highest number of displaced persons in the world. This number increases continuously due to the ongoing crisis in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa. African refugees are not only prone to COVID-19 but they are also capable of transmitting it across country borders. This article aims to highlight the need for equity in vaccine distribution in Africa to include refugees in each host countries. Elsevier 2021-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8411840/ /pubmed/34494008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100118 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal Society for Public Health. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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