Osakuade Oluwanifemi Williams, Anyam Ngusha Victory
Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Vaccine X. 2022 Dec;12:100199. doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2022.100199. Epub 2022 Aug 5.
Africa has about 41% of its population below the age of 15. The continent also comprises mostly low and middle income countries. As the developed countries worldwide begin to vaccinate children against COVID-19, we highlight the prerequisites, necessities and consequences of vaccinating or failing to vaccinate children in Africa.
非洲约41%的人口年龄在15岁以下。该大陆主要也由低收入和中等收入国家组成。随着全球发达国家开始为儿童接种新冠疫苗,我们着重介绍在非洲为儿童接种疫苗或不接种疫苗的先决条件、必要性和后果。