Title:
Vaccinating Africa against COVID-19: riding a roller coaster of poor information
Authors:
Heidi Larson Senior
Lecturer in Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
&
Raji Tajudeen
Head of Division for Public Health Institutes and Research at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and Fellow
Published:
The Conversation, 5 May 2021
From the article:
The story of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination in Africa is slowly unfolding, as more and more countries across the continent receive shipments of the long-awaited vaccines.
These early shipments won’t be enough for all. Some countries have used up the limited supply they have received, while others are still waiting. But some have them, and don’t want them. This is a key challenge that vaccination drives face: vaccine reluctance.