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COVID‐19 vaccine wastage in Africa: A case of Nigeria

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  • Muhammad Kabir Musa
  • Abdullateef Abdulsalam
  • Usman Abubakar Haruna
  • Farida Zakariya
  • Sanusi Muhammad Salisu
  • Bisola Onajin‐Obembe
  • Suleman Hadejia Idris
  • Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno

Abstract

The World Health Organization has launched campaigns to boost immunisation rates to 70 percent globally by the middle of 2022. However, despite the global success of about 64% COVID‐19 vaccination coverage, there is a big gap in Nigeria. To date, only 13.8% of the population has received the recommended dose. This demonstrates a significant disparity between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. Amidst the wide gap in vaccination, COVID‐19 vaccine wastage still occurs in Nigeria. At the end of 2021, it was estimated that over a million doses of the COVID‐19 vaccine had been wasted. It is anticipated that there will be more COVID‐19 vaccine wastage in Nigeria, because of the combined factors that threaten vaccination uptake including vaccine accessibility, lack of appropriate storage facilities, poor electricity supply, insecurity challenges, and inadequate health promotion. This results in concomitant financial and opportunity losses. In this paper, we discuss COVID‐19 vaccine wastage in Nigeria including causes, and solutions that can be applied to mitigate this wastage.

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  • Muhammad Kabir Musa & Abdullateef Abdulsalam & Usman Abubakar Haruna & Farida Zakariya & Sanusi Muhammad Salisu & Bisola Onajin‐Obembe & Suleman Hadejia Idris & Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno, 2024. "COVID‐19 vaccine wastage in Africa: A case of Nigeria," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(2), pages 229-236, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:39:y:2024:i:2:p:229-236
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3749
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