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

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00097-8

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

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e746-e748
Journal	The Lancet Global Health
Volume	9
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00097-8
State	Published - Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
JBN is principal investigator of, and receives grants from, the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH/FIC; 1R25TW011217-01; 1R21TW011706-01; 1D43TW010937-01A1), chairman of AFREhealth Research Committee, and a senior fellow alumnus of the European Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP), and serves on the scientific programme committee of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. NAS-A is supported by a grant from the NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD089866) and an NIH/FIC award under the Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance for the Central and West Africa Implementation Science Alliance. MMvdZ received a career development grant from the EDCTP2 programme supported by the EU (99726 TB-Lung FACT TMA 2015 CDF-1012) and by NIH/FIC (K43TW011028). J-JMT leads the DR Congo Ministry of Health's COVID-19 Multi-Sectoral Response Committee. AZ and FN are a co-principal investigators of the Pan-African Network on Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections, funded by the EDCTP and the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation. FS is supported by grants from the NIH/FIC (1R25TW011217-01 and 1D43TW010131). All other authors declare no competing interests.

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Nachega, J. B., Sam-Agudu, N. A., Masekela, R., van der Zalm, M. M., Nsanzimana, S., Condo, J., Ntoumi, F., Rabie, H., Kruger, M., Wiysonge, C. S., Ditekemena, J. D., Chirimwami, R. B., Ntakwinja, M., Mukwege, D. M., Noormahomed, E., Paleker, M., Mahomed, H., Tamfum, J. J. M., Zumla, A., & Suleman, F. (2021). Addressing challenges to rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in African countries. The Lancet Global Health, 9(6), e746-e748. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00097-8

Nachega, JB, Sam-Agudu, NA, Masekela, R, van der Zalm, MM, Nsanzimana, S, Condo, J, Ntoumi, F, Rabie, H, Kruger, M, Wiysonge, CS, Ditekemena, JD, Chirimwami, RB, Ntakwinja, M, Mukwege, DM, Noormahomed, E, Paleker, M, Mahomed, H, Tamfum, JJM, Zumla, A & Suleman, F 2021, 'Addressing challenges to rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in African countries', The Lancet Global Health, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. e746-e748. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00097-8

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