Childhood vaccine uptake in Africa: threats, challenges, and opportunities

• Main Authors: Edward Mbonigaba (Author), David Nderu (Author), Simiao Chen (Author), C. Denkinger (Author), P. Geldsetzer (Author), S. McMahon (Author), Till Bärnighausen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Childhood vaccination is a highly effective public health intervention for reducing childhood mortality and morbidity. This review discusses the factors that have been shown to influence vaccination uptake in Africa. African countries should develop effective strategies to address failures and chall...