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

Abdulmumin Damilola Ibrahim; Adigizi Iliya Akpus; Abdullahi Tunde Aborode; Abdulhammed Opeyemi Babatunde

Public Health in Practice (Nov 2021)

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

Abdulmumin Damilola Ibrahim,
Adigizi Iliya Akpus,
Abdullahi Tunde Aborode,
Abdulhammed Opeyemi Babatunde

Affiliations

Abdulmumin Damilola Ibrahim: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Healthy Africans Platform, Ibadan, Nigeria
Adigizi Iliya Akpus: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
Abdullahi Tunde Aborode: Healthy Africans Platform, Ibadan, Nigeria
Abdulhammed Opeyemi Babatunde: Healthy Africans Platform, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Corresponding author. Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2
p. 100118

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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.

Published in Public Health in Practice

ISSN: 2666-5352 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/public-health-in-practice

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