• Pan Afr Med J · Jan 2011

    The African Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Network: a vaccine advocacy initiative.

    • Charles Shey Wiysonge, George E Armah, Shabir A Madhi, Fredrick Were, Sabrina Bakeera Kitaka, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Gérard Gresenguet, Zipporah Gatheru, Patrick Wamae Maranga, Alassane Dicko, Adegoke Gbadegesin Falade, Angeline Yvette Crescence Boula, Stephanus Benjamin Kuit, Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, Papa Salif Sow, Nuruddin Lakhani, Evans Mwila Mpabalwani, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, and Gregory D Hussey.
    • School of Child and Adolescent Health and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
    • Pan Afr Med J. 2011 Jan 1; 8: 24.

    AbstractAchieving high and equitable childhood immunisation coverage in Africa will not only protect children from disability and premature death, it will also boost productivity, reduce poverty and support the economic growth of the continent. Thus, Africa needs innovative and sustainable vaccine advocacy initiatives. One such initiative is the African Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Network, formed in 2009. This association of immunisation practitioners, vaccinologists, paediatricians, and infectious disease experts provides a platform to advocate for the introduction of newly available vaccines (e.g. 10-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus vaccines) into the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) as well as increased and equitable coverage for established EPI vaccines.

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