Enhancing vaccine delivery in Africa with implementation science.
Complex contextual factors hinder the optimal delivery of recommended vaccines to target populations in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region. As a consequence, vaccination coverage for multiple antigens continues to fall short of the recommended benchmark for herd immunity across count...
| Publicado en: | Discover Public Health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
11/12/2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180849566&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180849566 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 30050774 NM7Z jtl: Discover Public Health issn: 30050774 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 11/12/2024 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 180849566 180849566 180849566 10.1186/s12982-024-00321-8 180849566 ppf: 1 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Enhancing vaccine delivery in Africa with implementation science. aug: au: Adamu, Abdu A. Ndiaye, Sidy Jalo, Rabiu I. Karamagi, Humphrey Ngwakum, Paul Ndwandwe, Duduzile Wiysonge, Charles S. affil: https://ror.org/04rtx9382 Polio Eradication Programme, World Health Organization Region Office for Africa, Djoue, BP 06, Brazzaville, Congo sug: subj: Vaccines Immunization Programs Africa Medication Systems Evaluation Program Evaluation Africa World Health Organization Vaccination Coverage Antigens Therapeutic Use Immunity, Herd Public Health Disease Outbreaks Prevention and Control Morbidity Child Mortality Prevention and Control Sustainable Growth Conceptual Framework Adaptation, Psychological Practice Guidelines Quality Improvement Stakeholder Participation Financing, Government National Health Programs Collaboration ab: Complex contextual factors hinder the optimal delivery of recommended vaccines to target populations in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region. As a consequence, vaccination coverage for multiple antigens continues to fall short of the recommended benchmark for herd immunity across countries. This is precipitating frequent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases with concomitant morbidity and mortality. If this problem is allowed to continue unchecked, it will delay progress toward achieving the child survival targets of the sustainable development goals for both individual countries and the entire region. Implementation science offer tools that country immunization programmes can leverage to address challenges with vaccine delivery. It has frameworks that can enable better understanding of the contextual barriers that affect effective vaccine delivery. It provides models that can foster the use of tailored interventions and strategies to address identified barriers of effective vaccine delivery while generating evidence on real-world effectiveness. There are also models for facilitating adaptation and spread of context-relevant best practices for enhancing vaccine delivery across diverse settings (whether in health facilities or communities) to improve vaccine uptake. In this opinion article, we reflexively outlined some key recommendations to spur greater use of implementation science in addressing challenges with vaccine delivery that are faced by immunisation programmes in the WHO African Region and beyond. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Unknown language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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