Adongo Charles Atanga, Tuoyire Derek Anamaale, Azuug Muniru, Appiah Anthony Baffour, Taale Francis, Amadu Iddrisu
University of Cape Coast, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Ghana.
Emperiks Research, University of Cape Coast Stadium Avenue, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Vaccine X. 2023 Mar 17;14:100283. doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100283. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Localisation of vaccine production is essential worldwide, but it is particularly crucial for Africa. This continent is more vulnerable to disease burdens and also lags behind other continents regarding access to vaccines. Moreover, many people in Africa have a long-standing apathy towards locally made products and services. This mindset raises the question of whether Africans will support African-made vaccines and what the associated reasons are. Guided by the theories of nationalism and import substitution industrialisation, we formulated and tested eight hypotheses. To answer these, we analysed survey data from 6,731 residents backed by key informant interviews in Ghana. Our findings identified three types of local vaccine consumers: Four out of the eight hypothesised factors
疫苗生产本地化在全球范围内至关重要，但对非洲而言尤为关键。该大陆更容易受到疾病负担的影响，而且在获得疫苗方面也落后于其他大陆。此外，非洲许多人长期以来对本地生产的产品和服务缺乏热情。这种心态引发了一个问题，即非洲人是否会支持非洲制造的疫苗以及相关原因是什么。在民族主义和进口替代工业化理论的指导下，我们提出并检验了八个假设。为了回答这些问题，我们分析了来自加纳6731名居民的调查数据，并辅以关键信息提供者访谈。我们的研究结果确定了三种类型的本地疫苗消费者：八个假设因素中的四个
