疫苗不平等:对非洲从COVID-19中恢复的威胁
Calvin R Wei1, Samuel Kamande2, Godwin C Lang'at3
1Department of Research and Development, Shing Huei Group, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tropical medicine and health
|December 19, 2023
概括
高收入国家的疫苗民族主义限制了非洲的COVID-19疫苗接种. 解决疫苗犹和促进公平分配对于结束低收入和中等收入国家流行病至关重要.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 在撒哈拉以南非洲,由于高收入国家的疫苗民族主义,疫苗不平等仍然存在,这限制了获得必需的COVID-19疫苗的机会.
- 尽管有像COVAX设施这样的倡议,但非洲仍存在严重的疫苗接种差距,并因能力挑战和疫苗分配不平等而加剧.
- 高收入国家继续积疫苗,绕过既有道以确保直接供应,加剧低收入和中等收入国家的不平等.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查关于撒哈拉以南非洲COVID-19疫苗不平等的文献.
- 确定该地区疫苗接种和接种障碍.
- 评估旨在改善疫苗覆盖率和解决疫苗犹问题的战略.
主要方法:
- 进行了对科学文献的系统叙事审查.
- 在NCBI的PubMed Central (PMC) 和BMC数据库中使用定义的关键字进行搜索.
- 通过三位独立作者之间的共识来验证研究结果.
主要成果:
- 疫苗民族主义仍然是一个重要的障碍,高收入国家直接采购剂量,限制低收入和中等收入国家的可用性.
- 导致非洲疫苗犹的关键因素包括错误信息,对当局和制药公司的不信任,以及对疫苗安全性和有效性的担忧.
- 正在实施疫苗授权,社区参与和战略伙伴关系等政策,以提高疫苗覆盖率和促进公平.
结论:
- 在低收入和中等收入国家,特别是非洲,COVID-19疫苗不平等延长了大流行.
- 非洲各国政府正在实施措施来促进疫苗接种,但需要进一步干预,以克服疫苗耐药性.
- 解决疫苗犹和确保公平接种对于实现全球疫苗接种目标和结束大流行至关重要.
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