Children and adolescents in African countries should also be vaccinated for COVID-19

Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Nana Kofi Quakyi, Refiloe Masekela, Alimuddin Zumla, Jean B. Nachega

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere008315
JournalBMJ Global Health
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 10 2022
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding US National Institutes of Health/Fogarty International Center Grant No. 1R25TW011217-01 to the African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth); Principal Investigators: Prisca Adejumo, Jean B. Nachega, Nelson K. Sewankambo, and Fatima Suleman.

Funding Information:
Acknowledgements NAS-A acknowledges support from US National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant #R01HD089866 (Adolescent to Adult Patient-Centered HIV Transition, Nigeria), and NIH Fogarty International Center (FIC) award through the Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA), for the Central and West Africa Implementation Science Alliance (CAWISA). Sir Prof. AZ acknowledges support from the European Union EDCTP-funded PANDORA-ID-NET, the Central African Network on Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria (CANTAM-3); and the East Africa Consortium for Clinical Research (EACCR-3). AZ is a Mahathir Foundation Science Award and Pascoal Mocumbi Prize laureate. JBN is supported by NIH/FIC grants 1R25TW011217-01 (African Association for Health Professions Education and Research); 1R21TW011706-01 (Cardiometabolic Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Approach to Prevention of Dolutegravir Associated Weight Gain in South Africa); and 1D43TW010937-01A1 (University of Pittsburgh HIV Comorbidities Research Training Program in South Africa); as well as NIH/NIAID grant No. U01 AI096299 (Central Africa-International epidemiology to Evaluate AIDS (CA-IeDEA).

Keywords

  • child health
  • COVID-19
  • health policy
  • public health
  • vaccines

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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