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The Lancet Global Health

, volume 10 , issue 3 , pages e320-e321

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action

Polydor Ngoy Mutombo ^{1, 2}

Mosoka P. Fallah ^{2, 3, 4}

Davison Munodawafa ^{5, 6}

Ahmed Kabel ^{7, 8, 9}

David Houeto ¹⁰

Tinashe Goronga ¹¹

Oliver Mweemba ¹²

Gladys Balance ¹³

Hans Onya ¹⁴

Roger S Kamba ¹⁵

Miriam Chipimo ¹⁶

Jean-Marie Ntumba Kayembe ¹⁷

Bartholomew Akanmori ¹

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National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia |

Refuge Place International, Monrovia, Liberia |

Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA |

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Africa Center for Disease Control, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |

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Faculty of Medicine, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe |

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Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand |

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School of Humanities and social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco |

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Regional Vaccine Research and Regulation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo |

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College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana |

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School of Public Health, University of Parakou, Sainte-Rita, Cotonou, Benin |

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Centre for Health Equity Zimbabwe, Equal Health Global Campaign Against Racism, Harare, Zimbabwe |

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Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, Ridgeway Campus University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia |

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Gender Institute, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe |

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Department of Public Health, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa |

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COVID-19 Task Force, Democratic Republic of Congo President's Office, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo |

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UNAIDS, Durban, South Africa |

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Faculty of Medicine, Department of Lung Diseases, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2022-03-01

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The Lancet Global Health

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ISSN: 2214109X, 2572116X

DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00563-5

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Mutombo P. N. et al. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action // The Lancet Global Health. 2022. Vol. 10. No. 3. p. e320-e321.

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Mutombo P. N., Fallah M. P., Munodawafa D., Kabel A., Houeto D., Goronga T., Mweemba O., Balance G., Onya H., Kamba R. S., Chipimo M., Kayembe J. N., Akanmori B. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action // The Lancet Global Health. 2022. Vol. 10. No. 3. p. e320-e321.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00563-5

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00563-5

TI - COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action

T2 - The Lancet Global Health

AU - Mutombo, Polydor Ngoy

AU - Fallah, Mosoka P.

AU - Munodawafa, Davison

AU - Kabel, Ahmed

AU - Houeto, David

AU - Goronga, Tinashe

AU - Mweemba, Oliver

AU - Balance, Gladys

AU - Onya, Hans

AU - Kamba, Roger S

AU - Chipimo, Miriam

AU - Kayembe, Jean-Marie Ntumba

AU - Akanmori, Bartholomew

PY - 2022

DA - 2022/03/01

PB - Elsevier

SP - e320-e321

IS - 3

VL - 10

PMID - 34942117

SN - 2214-109X

SN - 2572-116X

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@article{2022_Mutombo,

author = {Polydor Ngoy Mutombo and Mosoka P. Fallah and Davison Munodawafa and Ahmed Kabel and David Houeto and Tinashe Goronga and Oliver Mweemba and Gladys Balance and Hans Onya and Roger S Kamba and Miriam Chipimo and Jean-Marie Ntumba Kayembe and Bartholomew Akanmori},

title = {COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action},

journal = {The Lancet Global Health},

year = {2022},

volume = {10},

publisher = {Elsevier},

month = {mar},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00563-5},

number = {3},

pages = {e320--e321},

doi = {10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00563-5}

}

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Mutombo, Polydor Ngoy, et al. “COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action.” The Lancet Global Health, vol. 10, no. 3, Mar. 2022, pp. e320-e321. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00563-5.

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Elsevier

Journal

The Lancet Global Health

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR

5.870

CiteScore

31.8

Impact factor

18.0

ISSN

2214109X (Print)

2572116X (Print)