Dahie Hassan Abdullahi, Mohamoud Jamal Hassan, Adam Mohamed Hussein, Garba Bashiru, Dirie Najib Isse, Sh Nur Maryan Abdullahi, Mohamed Fartun Yasin
Nursing and Midwifery Departments, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu 2526, Somalia.
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu 2526, Somalia.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Jul 13;10(7):1116. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071116.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are one of the most vulnerable groups for contracting COVID-19 and dying as a result of it. Over 10,000 HCWs in Africa have been infected with COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization, making it a substantial occupational health threat for HCWs. To that end, Somalia’s Ministry of Health has ordered that all healthcare personnel obtain the COVID-19 vaccination to safeguard themselves and the community they serve. In this investigation, we aimed to assess the COVID-19 vaccination coverage and its associated factors among healthcare workers in Somalia. A cross-sectional study was employed to examine COVID-19 vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel in Somalia. The data were obtained via an online questionnaire supplied by Google forms between December 2021 and February 2022, where a total of 1281 healthcare workers from the various federal states of Somalia were recruited. A multinomial regression analysis was used to analyse the factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Overall, 1281 HCWs participated (630 females, 651 males) with a mean age and standard deviation of 27.7 years ± 7.1. The overall vaccine coverage was 37.4%. Sex, age, the state of residency, education level, specialization, hospital COVID-19 policy, vaccine availability at the centre, COVID-19 treatment centre, and health facility level were the factors that influenced the COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health professionals in Somalia. Male healthcare employees were 2.2 times (odds ratio-OR = 2.2; confidence interval-CI: 1.70, 2.75, p < 0.001) more likely than female healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated. The survey discovered that the COVID-19 vaccine coverage among health professionals was quite low, with the major contributing factors being accessibility, security challenges and literary prowess. Additional efforts to enhance vaccination uptake are needed to improve the COVID-19 vaccination coverage.
医护人员是感染新冠病毒并因此死亡的最脆弱群体之一。据世界卫生组织称，非洲有超过1万名医护人员感染了新冠病毒，这对医护人员构成了重大的职业健康威胁。为此，索马里卫生部下令所有医护人员接种新冠疫苗，以保护自己和他们所服务的社区。在本次调查中，我们旨在评估索马里医护人员的新冠疫苗接种覆盖率及其相关因素。采用横断面研究来调查索马里医护人员的新冠疫苗接种覆盖率。数据通过2021年12月至2022年2月期间谷歌表单提供的在线问卷获得，共招募了来自索马里各个联邦州的1281名医护人员。使用多项回归分析来分析与新冠疫苗接种相关的因素。总体而言，1281名医护人员参与调查（630名女性，651名男性），平均年龄和标准差为27.7岁±7.1岁。总体疫苗接种覆盖率为37.4%。性别、年龄、居住州、教育水平、专业、医院新冠政策、中心疫苗供应情况、新冠治疗中心以及医疗机构级别是影响索马里卫生专业人员新冠疫苗接种的因素。男性医护人员完全接种疫苗的可能性是女性医护人员的2.2倍（优势比-OR = 2.2；置信区间-CI：1.70，2.75，p < 0.001）。调查发现，卫生专业人员中的新冠疫苗接种覆盖率相当低，主要影响因素是可及性、安全挑战和文化水平。需要做出更多努力来提高疫苗接种率，以改善新冠疫苗接种覆盖率。
