Mihigo Richard, Okeibunor Joseph, Masresha Balcha, Mkanda Pascal, Poy Alain, Zawaira Felicitas, Cabore Joseph
WHO Regional Office for Africa.
J Immunol Sci. 2018 Jul 2;Suppl(1):1-9.
This paper gives a brief update on the status of the immunization and vaccine development in the WHO African Region. It also highlights the progress on the control, elimination or eradication of vaccine preventable diseases in the African Region.
The paper reviews national immunization programme data as well as WHO-UNICEF Estimates for Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) in the African Region from 2012-2016.
It revealed that there has been considerable success with the development and introduction of new vaccines in the Region. However, uptake of these vaccines has not matched the level of success in new vaccine introduction. This has made the goal of reaching high and equitable immunization coverage a mirage in the Region. Multiple barriers have been blamed for this, chief among which are inadequate commitment of national governments and weak community engagement to immunization service delivery in the Region. Steps are taken to address these issues, including sensitization of government of the African Region to prioritize This is because it is argued that development efforts are link to the human beings for whom progress is targeted and/or agents that bring about development.
Saving human lives therefore is critical to the realization of development goals. It is important that immunization coverage is universal to achieve the control/elimination of vaccine preventable diseases.
本文简要介绍了世界卫生组织非洲区域免疫和疫苗开发的现状。它还强调了非洲区域在控制、消除或根除疫苗可预防疾病方面取得的进展。
本文回顾了2012 - 2016年非洲区域的国家免疫规划数据以及世界卫生组织 - 联合国儿童基金会免疫覆盖率估计数（WUENIC）。
结果显示，该区域在新疫苗的开发和引进方面取得了相当大的成功。然而，这些疫苗的接种情况与新疫苗引进的成功程度不匹配。这使得在该区域实现高覆盖率和公平免疫的目标成为泡影。对此归咎于多种障碍，其中主要的是国家政府的承诺不足以及该区域社区对免疫服务提供的参与度薄弱。已采取措施解决这些问题，包括促使非洲区域各国政府提高认识以优先考虑 这是因为有人认为发展努力与进步所针对的人类以及/或者带来发展的主体相关联。
因此，拯救人类生命对于实现发展目标至关重要。实现疫苗可预防疾病的控制/消除，免疫覆盖率普及很重要。
