Abdou Sil-Ana Salissou, Amos Oladunni Abimbola, Onwuemene Ogechi Vida, Odey Goodness Ogeyi, Nsikak Abasi Caleb James
Faculty of Health Sciences, department of Nursing and midwifery Aboubacar Ibrahim International University Maradi Maradi Niger Republic.
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics College of Medicine University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo state Nigeria.
Public Health Chall. 2022 Dec;1(4):e38. doi: 10.1002/puh2.38. Epub 2022 Dec 7.
COVID-19 pandemic has had tremendous impact on countries across the world and Niger Republic is not left out of the ravaging impact of the virus. The rapid dissemination of the virus across the globe has led to the development of safe and efficacious vaccines at an unprecedented level. While Niger Republic has prioritized COVID-19 vaccination in line with the global plan to attain herd immunity by vaccinating 70% of world's population, the country has continued to struggle to expand coverage of its population. Niger Republic is faced with challenges such as conflict, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, poor COVID-19 vaccine demand and inefficient information system, consequently leading to low COVID-19 vaccine demand and uptake. These challenges coupled with the different wave of the pandemic, the latest largely driven by the Omicron variant has slowed down progress towards achieving herd immunity in Niger Republic. There is need for the Nigerien government to scale up vaccination drive as well as implement refined approaches towards achieving the country's herd immunity target. This paper aimed to discuss the current state of COVID-19 vaccination including efforts and challenges towards achieving herd immunity in Niger Republic, thus informing strategies to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination in the country.
新冠疫情对世界各国都产生了巨大影响，尼日尔共和国也未能免受该病毒的肆虐影响。病毒在全球的迅速传播促使人们以前所未有的速度研发出安全有效的疫苗。虽然尼日尔共和国按照通过为全球70%的人口接种疫苗以实现群体免疫的全球计划，将新冠疫苗接种列为优先事项，但该国在扩大人口接种覆盖范围方面仍面临困难。尼日尔共和国面临着冲突、对新冠疫苗的犹豫态度、新冠疫苗需求低迷以及信息系统效率低下等挑战，导致新冠疫苗的需求和接种率较低。这些挑战再加上疫情的不同波次，最近主要由奥密克戎变种驱动，减缓了尼日尔共和国实现群体免疫的进程。尼日尔政府需要加大疫苗接种力度，并采取改进措施以实现该国的群体免疫目标。本文旨在讨论新冠疫苗接种的现状，包括在尼日尔共和国实现群体免疫所做的努力和面临的挑战，从而为该国加强新冠疫苗接种的策略提供参考。
