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COVID-19 vaccines development in Africa: a review of current situation and existing challenges of vaccine production

Following the development of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and the launching of vaccination, the World Health Organization has reported that the African Continent is lagging in the race to vaccinate its population against the deadly virus. The Continent has received a limited numb...

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Autores principales: Lamptey, Emmanuel, Senkyire, Ephraim Kumi, Benita, Dooshima Aki, Boakye, Evans Osei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Vaccine Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35223668
http://dx.doi.org/10.7774/cevr.2022.11.1.82
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description Following the development of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and the launching of vaccination, the World Health Organization has reported that the African Continent is lagging in the race to vaccinate its population against the deadly virus. The Continent has received a limited number of vaccines, implying that vaccine production needs to be scaled up in Africa. In this review, we summarize the current situation concerning COVID-19 vaccine development in Africa, progress made, challenges faced in vaccine development over the years and potential strategies that will harness vaccine production success.
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spelling pubmed-88446662022-02-24 COVID-19 vaccines development in Africa: a review of current situation and existing challenges of vaccine production Lamptey, Emmanuel Senkyire, Ephraim Kumi Benita, Dooshima Aki Boakye, Evans Osei Clin Exp Vaccine Res COVID-19 Special Following the development of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and the launching of vaccination, the World Health Organization has reported that the African Continent is lagging in the race to vaccinate its population against the deadly virus. The Continent has received a limited number of vaccines, implying that vaccine production needs to be scaled up in Africa. In this review, we summarize the current situation concerning COVID-19 vaccine development in Africa, progress made, challenges faced in vaccine development over the years and potential strategies that will harness vaccine production success. The Korean Vaccine Society 2022-01 2022-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8844666/ /pubmed/35223668 http://dx.doi.org/10.7774/cevr.2022.11.1.82 Text en © Korean Vaccine Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844666/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7774/cevr.2022.11.1.82
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