Addressing challenges to rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in African countries

• Jean B Nachega,
• Nadia A Sam-Agudu,
• Refiloe Masekela,
• Marieke M van der Zalm,
• Sabin Nsanzimana,
• Jeanine Condo,
• Francine Ntoumi,
• Helena Rabie,
• Mariana Kruger,
• Charles S Wiysonge,
• John D Ditekemena,
• Raphael B Chirimwami,
• Mukanire Ntakwinja,
• Denis M Mukwege,
• Emilia Noormahomed,
• Masudah Paleker,
• Hassan Mahomed,
• Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum,
• Alimuddin Zumla,
• Fatima Suleman

Affiliations

Jean B Nachega

Department of Medicine and Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Center for Global Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

Nadia A Sam-Agudu

International Research Center of Excellence, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria; Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Human Virology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Refiloe Masekela

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

Marieke M van der Zalm

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Sabin Nsanzimana

Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Jeanine Condo

School of Public Health, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda; School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

Francine Ntoumi

Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Helena Rabie

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Mariana Kruger

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Charles S Wiysonge

Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

John D Ditekemena

School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DR Congo

Raphael B Chirimwami

Université Catholique de Bukavu, Centre d'Ethique Medicale, Bukavu, DR Congo

Mukanire Ntakwinja

Panzi Hospital, Université Evangelique en Afrique, Bukavu, DR Congo

Denis M Mukwege

Panzi Hospital, Université Evangelique en Afrique, Bukavu, DR Congo

Emilia Noormahomed

Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique

Masudah Paleker

Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa

Hassan Mahomed

Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa

Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum

Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DR Congo; National Institute of Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, DR Congo

Alimuddin Zumla

Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals, London, UK

Fatima Suleman

Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa