Five years after the Rio Olympics, many African countries were unable to send physically challenged athletes to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics. This year was a bit different and the continent's performance was above average, as many African Paralympic athletes represented their countries well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tunisia ranked 28th with a total of 11 medals including 4 golds placing them first among all the African countries. Nonetheless, Africa needs to do more in the Paralympics by creating better infrastructural facilities for athletes, investing more in sports, and also equipping trainers to help Paralympic athletes. With the right learning infrastructure, the continent can rake in more gold.<\/p>\n","post_title":"See The African Paralympic Athletes That Won Medals At Tokyo 2020","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-paralympic-athletes-that-have-won-medals-at-tokyo-2020","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=311076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":309676,"post_author":"10046","post_date":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_content":"\n\nThe battle against the spread of the COVID-19 virus was half won with the release of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, the number of people in need of the vaccine outweighed its supply resulting in a global power struggle. The slow production of the COVID-19 vaccine and the more infectious delta variant means many developing countries are at the mercy of developed nations. The developing countries had to rely on donations and the COVAX scheme to get COVID-19 vaccines.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309759\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]![\"COVID-19](\"https:\/\/africanvibes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DAFD6BF2-0BD1-4D88-B8C4-D874A476C79E-e1630086577933.png\")
<\/a> World map showing the number of people around the world who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nThe COVAX Scheme is a joint alliance between several bodies including the WHO, the CEPI, and the Vaccine Alliance. The scheme ensures that member countries get easy access to the vaccines regardless of their income level. This brought hope to the African continent and many other developing parts of the world.\nCOVID-19 Vaccination: How Is Africa Getting Along?<\/h2>\nIn July, the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa peaked at about 286,000 cases per week<\/a>. South Africa and Tunisia took the worst hit accounting for more than 55% of deaths according to the UN<\/a>. Sadly, only 2% of the 1.3 billion people in Africa have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. At this pace, Africa will fail to meet the target of vaccinating 10% of its population<\/a> by the end of September.\n\nAccording to WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, meeting the 10% target is a \"very daunting task\". The question remains, \"Why is Africa lacking behind\"? Is it as a result of vaccine apathy or low availability of vaccine doses?\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ez06bDxQolc\n\n\n
Vaccine Hesitancy from Conspiracy Theories<\/h3>\nInitially, most Africans were unwilling to take the COVID jabs. The major deterrent being the spread of conspiracy theories about the COVID vaccine. However, the rigorous awareness campaigns by both the African governments and foreign organizations lowered vaccine hesitancy. And more people began trooping down to health facilities in their respective countries to be vaccinated. Ironically, when the people were willing to take the shot, there was not enough vaccine available.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/whoafro\/status\/1334469276976238593?s=21\n
Vaccine Scarcity and the Irony of a Booster Shot<\/h3>\nThe rising death tolls in Africa from the COVID-19 virus is \"a preventable tragedy if African countries can get a fair access to the vaccines\"<\/em>, says Moeti. According to her, the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the past few weeks has tripled. Nevertheless, the numbers are still insignificant considering the fact that the majority of the African populace still don't have access to the vaccine.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/imfnews\/status\/1409572897450958880?s=21\n\nThe reason for this is that most of the COVID-19 vaccines coming to Africa are sourced from the Serum Insitute of India via the COVAX scheme. Early this year, India faced a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases. To combat this, the Serum Institute of India had to stop exporting vaccines in order to have enough for its own needs.\n\n\n\nConsequently, African countries that relied on the COVAX scheme faced a shortage in supply. Ironically, according to the head of Africa CDC, John Nkengasong, \"the countries that made pledges and committed to supporting COVAX ended up buying most of the vaccines\". The WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus puts it more succinctly,\n\n\"It is unconscionable that some countries are now offering booster shots while so many people remain unprotected\"<\/em>.\n\nThe statement of the WHO director-general was arguably referring to the recommendation made by the Biden administration<\/a> to begin offering booster shots to its citizens. This recommendation was met with fierce criticism from public health bodies including the WHO.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/yahoonews\/status\/1429550089241079812?s=21\n
Slow Vaccination Process<\/h3>\nAccording to the WHO<\/a>, \"14 African countries have used from 80% to 100% of the doses they received through the COVAX Facility, 20 countries have used less than 50% of the doses received. Twelve countries have more than 10% of their AstraZeneca doses at risk of expiring by the end of August\".\n<\/em>\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/gyamey\/status\/1369481655665229824?s=21\n\nWhile most African countries are picking up speed in administering the COVID-19 vaccine, some are yet to do so. Among these are Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Burkina Faso, South Sudan, Benin, and Madagascar. According to Forbes,<\/a> these African countries have vaccinated less than 0.7% of their population.\n\n\u201cWe need to ensure that the vaccines that we have are not wasted because every dose is precious.<\/em> Countries that are lagging behind in their rollout need to step up vaccination efforts<\/em>,\u201d says Dr. Moeti.\n\n\n
African Countries that have Vaccinated Over a Million People<\/h2>\nThe story is not all gloomy because there are some African countries that have successfully vaccinated more than a million people.\u00a0 This is a milestone worth celebrating, considering the challenges facing African governments. if indeed all African countries have equal access to the vaccine via the COVAX scheme, then Surpassing the 1-millionth mark depends largely on the vaccine rollout strategy in place. Below are the 12 African countries with more than one million vaccinated people in descending order.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309760\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]
![\"COVID-19](\"https:\/\/africanvibes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/547C77F2-0B08-4D0E-A23B-465D76D78B09-e1630087028900.png\")
<\/a> A map of Africa showing the number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\n#1. Morocco<\/h3>\nTotal population: 36 miliion\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 18.23 million\n
#2. South Africa<\/h3>\nTotal population: 59 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 9.03 million\n
#3. Egypt<\/h3>\nTotal population: 102 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 5.11 million\n
#4. Tunisia<\/h3>\nTotal population: 11 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.69 million\n
#5. Algeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 43 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.42 million\n\n\n
#6. Nigeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 206 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.55 million\n
#7. Zimbabwe<\/h3>\nTotal population: 14 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.53 million\n
#8. Kenya<\/h3>\nTotal population: 53 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.89 million\n
#9. Rwanda<\/h3>\nTotal population: 12 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.24 million\n
#10. Mozambique<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.21 million\n
#11. Senegal<\/h3>\nTotal population: 16 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.15 million\n
#12. Angola<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.11 million\n\n\n
How to Improve Vaccination Drive Across Africa<\/h2>\nMorocco is leading other African nations with a huge margin. So, we can take a cue from them to understand how to improve the vaccination drive in Africa. From the onset, the Moroccan government sort for the vaccines from several sources and was also involved in the early vaccine trials<\/a>. By taking this initiative, Morocco had access to more vaccines than any other African nation. The government also plans to produce the Sinophram vaccines locally and this will reduce its dependency on foreign governments.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309799\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"749\"]
![\"COVID-19](\"https:\/\/africanvibes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0D443496-84C6-4B7E-A0D3-F0542B40B0F1.png\")
<\/a> Map of the COVID-19 Vaccines being distributed in Africa (Photo credit: Twitter @SamRamani2)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nFor the vaccine rollout, the Moroccan government mobilized both health personnel and the military. The 12,000 health personnel initially mobilized were deployed to 2,888 vaccination stations across the country. In comparison, South Africa has only 18 vaccination centers<\/a>, despite having a larger population.\n\nHaving more vaccination centers makes it easy for its citizens to get access to the COVID-19 vaccine without delay. This will also curb wastage since the vaccines won't need to be stored for too long and risk expiration. Indeed, other African nations can learn from this to improve their vaccination rollout process. Instead of relying only on lockdown which takes a toll on the economy<\/a>.","post_title":"See The African Countries That Have Vaccinated Over A Million People","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-countries-that-have-vaccinated-over-a-million-people","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=309676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Five years after the Rio Olympics, many African countries were unable to send physically challenged athletes to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics. This year was a bit different and the continent's performance was above average, as many African Paralympic athletes represented their countries well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tunisia ranked 28th with a total of 11 medals including 4 golds placing them first among all the African countries. Nonetheless, Africa needs to do more in the Paralympics by creating better infrastructural facilities for athletes, investing more in sports, and also equipping trainers to help Paralympic athletes. With the right learning infrastructure, the continent can rake in more gold.<\/p>\n","post_title":"See The African Paralympic Athletes That Won Medals At Tokyo 2020","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-paralympic-athletes-that-have-won-medals-at-tokyo-2020","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=311076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":309676,"post_author":"10046","post_date":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_content":"\n\nThe battle against the spread of the COVID-19 virus was half won with the release of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, the number of people in need of the vaccine outweighed its supply resulting in a global power struggle. The slow production of the COVID-19 vaccine and the more infectious delta variant means many developing countries are at the mercy of developed nations. The developing countries had to rely on donations and the COVAX scheme to get COVID-19 vaccines.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309759\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]<\/a> World map showing the number of people around the world who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nThe COVAX Scheme is a joint alliance between several bodies including the WHO, the CEPI, and the Vaccine Alliance. The scheme ensures that member countries get easy access to the vaccines regardless of their income level. This brought hope to the African continent and many other developing parts of the world.\nCOVID-19 Vaccination: How Is Africa Getting Along?<\/h2>\nIn July, the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa peaked at about 286,000 cases per week<\/a>. South Africa and Tunisia took the worst hit accounting for more than 55% of deaths according to the UN<\/a>. Sadly, only 2% of the 1.3 billion people in Africa have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. At this pace, Africa will fail to meet the target of vaccinating 10% of its population<\/a> by the end of September.\n\nAccording to WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, meeting the 10% target is a \"very daunting task\". The question remains, \"Why is Africa lacking behind\"? Is it as a result of vaccine apathy or low availability of vaccine doses?\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ez06bDxQolc\n\n\n
Vaccine Hesitancy from Conspiracy Theories<\/h3>\nInitially, most Africans were unwilling to take the COVID jabs. The major deterrent being the spread of conspiracy theories about the COVID vaccine. However, the rigorous awareness campaigns by both the African governments and foreign organizations lowered vaccine hesitancy. And more people began trooping down to health facilities in their respective countries to be vaccinated. Ironically, when the people were willing to take the shot, there was not enough vaccine available.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/whoafro\/status\/1334469276976238593?s=21\n
Vaccine Scarcity and the Irony of a Booster Shot<\/h3>\nThe rising death tolls in Africa from the COVID-19 virus is \"a preventable tragedy if African countries can get a fair access to the vaccines\"<\/em>, says Moeti. According to her, the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the past few weeks has tripled. Nevertheless, the numbers are still insignificant considering the fact that the majority of the African populace still don't have access to the vaccine.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/imfnews\/status\/1409572897450958880?s=21\n\nThe reason for this is that most of the COVID-19 vaccines coming to Africa are sourced from the Serum Insitute of India via the COVAX scheme. Early this year, India faced a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases. To combat this, the Serum Institute of India had to stop exporting vaccines in order to have enough for its own needs.\n\n\n\nConsequently, African countries that relied on the COVAX scheme faced a shortage in supply. Ironically, according to the head of Africa CDC, John Nkengasong, \"the countries that made pledges and committed to supporting COVAX ended up buying most of the vaccines\". The WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus puts it more succinctly,\n\n\"It is unconscionable that some countries are now offering booster shots while so many people remain unprotected\"<\/em>.\n\nThe statement of the WHO director-general was arguably referring to the recommendation made by the Biden administration<\/a> to begin offering booster shots to its citizens. This recommendation was met with fierce criticism from public health bodies including the WHO.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/yahoonews\/status\/1429550089241079812?s=21\n
Slow Vaccination Process<\/h3>\nAccording to the WHO<\/a>, \"14 African countries have used from 80% to 100% of the doses they received through the COVAX Facility, 20 countries have used less than 50% of the doses received. Twelve countries have more than 10% of their AstraZeneca doses at risk of expiring by the end of August\".\n<\/em>\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/gyamey\/status\/1369481655665229824?s=21\n\nWhile most African countries are picking up speed in administering the COVID-19 vaccine, some are yet to do so. Among these are Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Burkina Faso, South Sudan, Benin, and Madagascar. According to Forbes,<\/a> these African countries have vaccinated less than 0.7% of their population.\n\n\u201cWe need to ensure that the vaccines that we have are not wasted because every dose is precious.<\/em> Countries that are lagging behind in their rollout need to step up vaccination efforts<\/em>,\u201d says Dr. Moeti.\n\n\n
African Countries that have Vaccinated Over a Million People<\/h2>\nThe story is not all gloomy because there are some African countries that have successfully vaccinated more than a million people.\u00a0 This is a milestone worth celebrating, considering the challenges facing African governments. if indeed all African countries have equal access to the vaccine via the COVAX scheme, then Surpassing the 1-millionth mark depends largely on the vaccine rollout strategy in place. Below are the 12 African countries with more than one million vaccinated people in descending order.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309760\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]
<\/a> A map of Africa showing the number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\n#1. Morocco<\/h3>\nTotal population: 36 miliion\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 18.23 million\n
#2. South Africa<\/h3>\nTotal population: 59 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 9.03 million\n
#3. Egypt<\/h3>\nTotal population: 102 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 5.11 million\n
#4. Tunisia<\/h3>\nTotal population: 11 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.69 million\n
#5. Algeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 43 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.42 million\n\n\n
#6. Nigeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 206 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.55 million\n
#7. Zimbabwe<\/h3>\nTotal population: 14 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.53 million\n
#8. Kenya<\/h3>\nTotal population: 53 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.89 million\n
#9. Rwanda<\/h3>\nTotal population: 12 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.24 million\n
#10. Mozambique<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.21 million\n
#11. Senegal<\/h3>\nTotal population: 16 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.15 million\n
#12. Angola<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.11 million\n\n\n
How to Improve Vaccination Drive Across Africa<\/h2>\nMorocco is leading other African nations with a huge margin. So, we can take a cue from them to understand how to improve the vaccination drive in Africa. From the onset, the Moroccan government sort for the vaccines from several sources and was also involved in the early vaccine trials<\/a>. By taking this initiative, Morocco had access to more vaccines than any other African nation. The government also plans to produce the Sinophram vaccines locally and this will reduce its dependency on foreign governments.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309799\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"749\"]
<\/a> Map of the COVID-19 Vaccines being distributed in Africa (Photo credit: Twitter @SamRamani2)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nFor the vaccine rollout, the Moroccan government mobilized both health personnel and the military. The 12,000 health personnel initially mobilized were deployed to 2,888 vaccination stations across the country. In comparison, South Africa has only 18 vaccination centers<\/a>, despite having a larger population.\n\nHaving more vaccination centers makes it easy for its citizens to get access to the COVID-19 vaccine without delay. This will also curb wastage since the vaccines won't need to be stored for too long and risk expiration. Indeed, other African nations can learn from this to improve their vaccination rollout process. Instead of relying only on lockdown which takes a toll on the economy<\/a>.","post_title":"See The African Countries That Have Vaccinated Over A Million People","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-countries-that-have-vaccinated-over-a-million-people","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=309676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
#37: David EMONG \u2013 Athletics \u2013 Ugunda \u2013 Bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Five years after the Rio Olympics, many African countries were unable to send physically challenged athletes to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics. This year was a bit different and the continent's performance was above average, as many African Paralympic athletes represented their countries well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tunisia ranked 28th with a total of 11 medals including 4 golds placing them first among all the African countries. Nonetheless, Africa needs to do more in the Paralympics by creating better infrastructural facilities for athletes, investing more in sports, and also equipping trainers to help Paralympic athletes. With the right learning infrastructure, the continent can rake in more gold.<\/p>\n","post_title":"See The African Paralympic Athletes That Won Medals At Tokyo 2020","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-paralympic-athletes-that-have-won-medals-at-tokyo-2020","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=311076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":309676,"post_author":"10046","post_date":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_content":"\n\nThe battle against the spread of the COVID-19 virus was half won with the release of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, the number of people in need of the vaccine outweighed its supply resulting in a global power struggle. The slow production of the COVID-19 vaccine and the more infectious delta variant means many developing countries are at the mercy of developed nations. The developing countries had to rely on donations and the COVAX scheme to get COVID-19 vaccines.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309759\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]<\/a> World map showing the number of people around the world who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nThe COVAX Scheme is a joint alliance between several bodies including the WHO, the CEPI, and the Vaccine Alliance. The scheme ensures that member countries get easy access to the vaccines regardless of their income level. This brought hope to the African continent and many other developing parts of the world.\nCOVID-19 Vaccination: How Is Africa Getting Along?<\/h2>\nIn July, the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa peaked at about 286,000 cases per week<\/a>. South Africa and Tunisia took the worst hit accounting for more than 55% of deaths according to the UN<\/a>. Sadly, only 2% of the 1.3 billion people in Africa have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. At this pace, Africa will fail to meet the target of vaccinating 10% of its population<\/a> by the end of September.\n\nAccording to WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, meeting the 10% target is a \"very daunting task\". The question remains, \"Why is Africa lacking behind\"? Is it as a result of vaccine apathy or low availability of vaccine doses?\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ez06bDxQolc\n\n\n
Vaccine Hesitancy from Conspiracy Theories<\/h3>\nInitially, most Africans were unwilling to take the COVID jabs. The major deterrent being the spread of conspiracy theories about the COVID vaccine. However, the rigorous awareness campaigns by both the African governments and foreign organizations lowered vaccine hesitancy. And more people began trooping down to health facilities in their respective countries to be vaccinated. Ironically, when the people were willing to take the shot, there was not enough vaccine available.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/whoafro\/status\/1334469276976238593?s=21\n
Vaccine Scarcity and the Irony of a Booster Shot<\/h3>\nThe rising death tolls in Africa from the COVID-19 virus is \"a preventable tragedy if African countries can get a fair access to the vaccines\"<\/em>, says Moeti. According to her, the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the past few weeks has tripled. Nevertheless, the numbers are still insignificant considering the fact that the majority of the African populace still don't have access to the vaccine.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/imfnews\/status\/1409572897450958880?s=21\n\nThe reason for this is that most of the COVID-19 vaccines coming to Africa are sourced from the Serum Insitute of India via the COVAX scheme. Early this year, India faced a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases. To combat this, the Serum Institute of India had to stop exporting vaccines in order to have enough for its own needs.\n\n\n\nConsequently, African countries that relied on the COVAX scheme faced a shortage in supply. Ironically, according to the head of Africa CDC, John Nkengasong, \"the countries that made pledges and committed to supporting COVAX ended up buying most of the vaccines\". The WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus puts it more succinctly,\n\n\"It is unconscionable that some countries are now offering booster shots while so many people remain unprotected\"<\/em>.\n\nThe statement of the WHO director-general was arguably referring to the recommendation made by the Biden administration<\/a> to begin offering booster shots to its citizens. This recommendation was met with fierce criticism from public health bodies including the WHO.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/yahoonews\/status\/1429550089241079812?s=21\n
Slow Vaccination Process<\/h3>\nAccording to the WHO<\/a>, \"14 African countries have used from 80% to 100% of the doses they received through the COVAX Facility, 20 countries have used less than 50% of the doses received. Twelve countries have more than 10% of their AstraZeneca doses at risk of expiring by the end of August\".\n<\/em>\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/gyamey\/status\/1369481655665229824?s=21\n\nWhile most African countries are picking up speed in administering the COVID-19 vaccine, some are yet to do so. Among these are Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Burkina Faso, South Sudan, Benin, and Madagascar. According to Forbes,<\/a> these African countries have vaccinated less than 0.7% of their population.\n\n\u201cWe need to ensure that the vaccines that we have are not wasted because every dose is precious.<\/em> Countries that are lagging behind in their rollout need to step up vaccination efforts<\/em>,\u201d says Dr. Moeti.\n\n\n
African Countries that have Vaccinated Over a Million People<\/h2>\nThe story is not all gloomy because there are some African countries that have successfully vaccinated more than a million people.\u00a0 This is a milestone worth celebrating, considering the challenges facing African governments. if indeed all African countries have equal access to the vaccine via the COVAX scheme, then Surpassing the 1-millionth mark depends largely on the vaccine rollout strategy in place. Below are the 12 African countries with more than one million vaccinated people in descending order.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309760\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]
<\/a> A map of Africa showing the number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\n#1. Morocco<\/h3>\nTotal population: 36 miliion\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 18.23 million\n
#2. South Africa<\/h3>\nTotal population: 59 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 9.03 million\n
#3. Egypt<\/h3>\nTotal population: 102 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 5.11 million\n
#4. Tunisia<\/h3>\nTotal population: 11 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.69 million\n
#5. Algeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 43 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.42 million\n\n\n
#6. Nigeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 206 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.55 million\n
#7. Zimbabwe<\/h3>\nTotal population: 14 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.53 million\n
#8. Kenya<\/h3>\nTotal population: 53 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.89 million\n
#9. Rwanda<\/h3>\nTotal population: 12 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.24 million\n
#10. Mozambique<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.21 million\n
#11. Senegal<\/h3>\nTotal population: 16 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.15 million\n
#12. Angola<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.11 million\n\n\n
How to Improve Vaccination Drive Across Africa<\/h2>\nMorocco is leading other African nations with a huge margin. So, we can take a cue from them to understand how to improve the vaccination drive in Africa. From the onset, the Moroccan government sort for the vaccines from several sources and was also involved in the early vaccine trials<\/a>. By taking this initiative, Morocco had access to more vaccines than any other African nation. The government also plans to produce the Sinophram vaccines locally and this will reduce its dependency on foreign governments.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309799\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"749\"]
<\/a> Map of the COVID-19 Vaccines being distributed in Africa (Photo credit: Twitter @SamRamani2)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nFor the vaccine rollout, the Moroccan government mobilized both health personnel and the military. The 12,000 health personnel initially mobilized were deployed to 2,888 vaccination stations across the country. In comparison, South Africa has only 18 vaccination centers<\/a>, despite having a larger population.\n\nHaving more vaccination centers makes it easy for its citizens to get access to the COVID-19 vaccine without delay. This will also curb wastage since the vaccines won't need to be stored for too long and risk expiration. Indeed, other African nations can learn from this to improve their vaccination rollout process. Instead of relying only on lockdown which takes a toll on the economy<\/a>.","post_title":"See The African Countries That Have Vaccinated Over A Million People","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-countries-that-have-vaccinated-over-a-million-people","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=309676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
#36: Nancy Chelangat KOECH \u2013 Athletics \u2013 Kenya \u2013 Bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#37: David EMONG \u2013 Athletics \u2013 Ugunda \u2013 Bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Five years after the Rio Olympics, many African countries were unable to send physically challenged athletes to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics. This year was a bit different and the continent's performance was above average, as many African Paralympic athletes represented their countries well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tunisia ranked 28th with a total of 11 medals including 4 golds placing them first among all the African countries. Nonetheless, Africa needs to do more in the Paralympics by creating better infrastructural facilities for athletes, investing more in sports, and also equipping trainers to help Paralympic athletes. With the right learning infrastructure, the continent can rake in more gold.<\/p>\n","post_title":"See The African Paralympic Athletes That Won Medals At Tokyo 2020","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-paralympic-athletes-that-have-won-medals-at-tokyo-2020","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=311076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":309676,"post_author":"10046","post_date":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_content":"\n\nThe battle against the spread of the COVID-19 virus was half won with the release of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, the number of people in need of the vaccine outweighed its supply resulting in a global power struggle. The slow production of the COVID-19 vaccine and the more infectious delta variant means many developing countries are at the mercy of developed nations. The developing countries had to rely on donations and the COVAX scheme to get COVID-19 vaccines.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309759\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]<\/a> World map showing the number of people around the world who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nThe COVAX Scheme is a joint alliance between several bodies including the WHO, the CEPI, and the Vaccine Alliance. The scheme ensures that member countries get easy access to the vaccines regardless of their income level. This brought hope to the African continent and many other developing parts of the world.\nCOVID-19 Vaccination: How Is Africa Getting Along?<\/h2>\nIn July, the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa peaked at about 286,000 cases per week<\/a>. South Africa and Tunisia took the worst hit accounting for more than 55% of deaths according to the UN<\/a>. Sadly, only 2% of the 1.3 billion people in Africa have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. At this pace, Africa will fail to meet the target of vaccinating 10% of its population<\/a> by the end of September.\n\nAccording to WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, meeting the 10% target is a \"very daunting task\". The question remains, \"Why is Africa lacking behind\"? Is it as a result of vaccine apathy or low availability of vaccine doses?\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ez06bDxQolc\n\n\n
Vaccine Hesitancy from Conspiracy Theories<\/h3>\nInitially, most Africans were unwilling to take the COVID jabs. The major deterrent being the spread of conspiracy theories about the COVID vaccine. However, the rigorous awareness campaigns by both the African governments and foreign organizations lowered vaccine hesitancy. And more people began trooping down to health facilities in their respective countries to be vaccinated. Ironically, when the people were willing to take the shot, there was not enough vaccine available.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/whoafro\/status\/1334469276976238593?s=21\n
Vaccine Scarcity and the Irony of a Booster Shot<\/h3>\nThe rising death tolls in Africa from the COVID-19 virus is \"a preventable tragedy if African countries can get a fair access to the vaccines\"<\/em>, says Moeti. According to her, the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the past few weeks has tripled. Nevertheless, the numbers are still insignificant considering the fact that the majority of the African populace still don't have access to the vaccine.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/imfnews\/status\/1409572897450958880?s=21\n\nThe reason for this is that most of the COVID-19 vaccines coming to Africa are sourced from the Serum Insitute of India via the COVAX scheme. Early this year, India faced a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases. To combat this, the Serum Institute of India had to stop exporting vaccines in order to have enough for its own needs.\n\n\n\nConsequently, African countries that relied on the COVAX scheme faced a shortage in supply. Ironically, according to the head of Africa CDC, John Nkengasong, \"the countries that made pledges and committed to supporting COVAX ended up buying most of the vaccines\". The WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus puts it more succinctly,\n\n\"It is unconscionable that some countries are now offering booster shots while so many people remain unprotected\"<\/em>.\n\nThe statement of the WHO director-general was arguably referring to the recommendation made by the Biden administration<\/a> to begin offering booster shots to its citizens. This recommendation was met with fierce criticism from public health bodies including the WHO.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/yahoonews\/status\/1429550089241079812?s=21\n
Slow Vaccination Process<\/h3>\nAccording to the WHO<\/a>, \"14 African countries have used from 80% to 100% of the doses they received through the COVAX Facility, 20 countries have used less than 50% of the doses received. Twelve countries have more than 10% of their AstraZeneca doses at risk of expiring by the end of August\".\n<\/em>\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/gyamey\/status\/1369481655665229824?s=21\n\nWhile most African countries are picking up speed in administering the COVID-19 vaccine, some are yet to do so. Among these are Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Burkina Faso, South Sudan, Benin, and Madagascar. According to Forbes,<\/a> these African countries have vaccinated less than 0.7% of their population.\n\n\u201cWe need to ensure that the vaccines that we have are not wasted because every dose is precious.<\/em> Countries that are lagging behind in their rollout need to step up vaccination efforts<\/em>,\u201d says Dr. Moeti.\n\n\n
African Countries that have Vaccinated Over a Million People<\/h2>\nThe story is not all gloomy because there are some African countries that have successfully vaccinated more than a million people.\u00a0 This is a milestone worth celebrating, considering the challenges facing African governments. if indeed all African countries have equal access to the vaccine via the COVAX scheme, then Surpassing the 1-millionth mark depends largely on the vaccine rollout strategy in place. Below are the 12 African countries with more than one million vaccinated people in descending order.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309760\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]
<\/a> A map of Africa showing the number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\n#1. Morocco<\/h3>\nTotal population: 36 miliion\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 18.23 million\n
#2. South Africa<\/h3>\nTotal population: 59 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 9.03 million\n
#3. Egypt<\/h3>\nTotal population: 102 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 5.11 million\n
#4. Tunisia<\/h3>\nTotal population: 11 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.69 million\n
#5. Algeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 43 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.42 million\n\n\n
#6. Nigeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 206 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.55 million\n
#7. Zimbabwe<\/h3>\nTotal population: 14 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.53 million\n
#8. Kenya<\/h3>\nTotal population: 53 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.89 million\n
#9. Rwanda<\/h3>\nTotal population: 12 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.24 million\n
#10. Mozambique<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.21 million\n
#11. Senegal<\/h3>\nTotal population: 16 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.15 million\n
#12. Angola<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.11 million\n\n\n
How to Improve Vaccination Drive Across Africa<\/h2>\nMorocco is leading other African nations with a huge margin. So, we can take a cue from them to understand how to improve the vaccination drive in Africa. From the onset, the Moroccan government sort for the vaccines from several sources and was also involved in the early vaccine trials<\/a>. By taking this initiative, Morocco had access to more vaccines than any other African nation. The government also plans to produce the Sinophram vaccines locally and this will reduce its dependency on foreign governments.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309799\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"749\"]
<\/a> Map of the COVID-19 Vaccines being distributed in Africa (Photo credit: Twitter @SamRamani2)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nFor the vaccine rollout, the Moroccan government mobilized both health personnel and the military. The 12,000 health personnel initially mobilized were deployed to 2,888 vaccination stations across the country. In comparison, South Africa has only 18 vaccination centers<\/a>, despite having a larger population.\n\nHaving more vaccination centers makes it easy for its citizens to get access to the COVID-19 vaccine without delay. This will also curb wastage since the vaccines won't need to be stored for too long and risk expiration. Indeed, other African nations can learn from this to improve their vaccination rollout process. Instead of relying only on lockdown which takes a toll on the economy<\/a>.","post_title":"See The African Countries That Have Vaccinated Over A Million People","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-countries-that-have-vaccinated-over-a-million-people","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=309676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
#35: Ananias SHIKONGO \u2013 Athletics \u2013 Namibia \u2013 Silver<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#36: Nancy Chelangat KOECH \u2013 Athletics \u2013 Kenya \u2013 Bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#37: David EMONG \u2013 Athletics \u2013 Ugunda \u2013 Bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Five years after the Rio Olympics, many African countries were unable to send physically challenged athletes to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics. This year was a bit different and the continent's performance was above average, as many African Paralympic athletes represented their countries well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tunisia ranked 28th with a total of 11 medals including 4 golds placing them first among all the African countries. Nonetheless, Africa needs to do more in the Paralympics by creating better infrastructural facilities for athletes, investing more in sports, and also equipping trainers to help Paralympic athletes. With the right learning infrastructure, the continent can rake in more gold.<\/p>\n","post_title":"See The African Paralympic Athletes That Won Medals At Tokyo 2020","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-paralympic-athletes-that-have-won-medals-at-tokyo-2020","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:27:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=311076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":309676,"post_author":"10046","post_date":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-31 07:50:18","post_content":"\n\nThe battle against the spread of the COVID-19 virus was half won with the release of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, the number of people in need of the vaccine outweighed its supply resulting in a global power struggle. The slow production of the COVID-19 vaccine and the more infectious delta variant means many developing countries are at the mercy of developed nations. The developing countries had to rely on donations and the COVAX scheme to get COVID-19 vaccines.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309759\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]<\/a> World map showing the number of people around the world who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nThe COVAX Scheme is a joint alliance between several bodies including the WHO, the CEPI, and the Vaccine Alliance. The scheme ensures that member countries get easy access to the vaccines regardless of their income level. This brought hope to the African continent and many other developing parts of the world.\nCOVID-19 Vaccination: How Is Africa Getting Along?<\/h2>\nIn July, the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa peaked at about 286,000 cases per week<\/a>. South Africa and Tunisia took the worst hit accounting for more than 55% of deaths according to the UN<\/a>. Sadly, only 2% of the 1.3 billion people in Africa have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. At this pace, Africa will fail to meet the target of vaccinating 10% of its population<\/a> by the end of September.\n\nAccording to WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, meeting the 10% target is a \"very daunting task\". The question remains, \"Why is Africa lacking behind\"? Is it as a result of vaccine apathy or low availability of vaccine doses?\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ez06bDxQolc\n\n\n
Vaccine Hesitancy from Conspiracy Theories<\/h3>\nInitially, most Africans were unwilling to take the COVID jabs. The major deterrent being the spread of conspiracy theories about the COVID vaccine. However, the rigorous awareness campaigns by both the African governments and foreign organizations lowered vaccine hesitancy. And more people began trooping down to health facilities in their respective countries to be vaccinated. Ironically, when the people were willing to take the shot, there was not enough vaccine available.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/whoafro\/status\/1334469276976238593?s=21\n
Vaccine Scarcity and the Irony of a Booster Shot<\/h3>\nThe rising death tolls in Africa from the COVID-19 virus is \"a preventable tragedy if African countries can get a fair access to the vaccines\"<\/em>, says Moeti. According to her, the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the past few weeks has tripled. Nevertheless, the numbers are still insignificant considering the fact that the majority of the African populace still don't have access to the vaccine.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/imfnews\/status\/1409572897450958880?s=21\n\nThe reason for this is that most of the COVID-19 vaccines coming to Africa are sourced from the Serum Insitute of India via the COVAX scheme. Early this year, India faced a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases. To combat this, the Serum Institute of India had to stop exporting vaccines in order to have enough for its own needs.\n\n\n\nConsequently, African countries that relied on the COVAX scheme faced a shortage in supply. Ironically, according to the head of Africa CDC, John Nkengasong, \"the countries that made pledges and committed to supporting COVAX ended up buying most of the vaccines\". The WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus puts it more succinctly,\n\n\"It is unconscionable that some countries are now offering booster shots while so many people remain unprotected\"<\/em>.\n\nThe statement of the WHO director-general was arguably referring to the recommendation made by the Biden administration<\/a> to begin offering booster shots to its citizens. This recommendation was met with fierce criticism from public health bodies including the WHO.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/yahoonews\/status\/1429550089241079812?s=21\n
Slow Vaccination Process<\/h3>\nAccording to the WHO<\/a>, \"14 African countries have used from 80% to 100% of the doses they received through the COVAX Facility, 20 countries have used less than 50% of the doses received. Twelve countries have more than 10% of their AstraZeneca doses at risk of expiring by the end of August\".\n<\/em>\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/gyamey\/status\/1369481655665229824?s=21\n\nWhile most African countries are picking up speed in administering the COVID-19 vaccine, some are yet to do so. Among these are Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Burkina Faso, South Sudan, Benin, and Madagascar. According to Forbes,<\/a> these African countries have vaccinated less than 0.7% of their population.\n\n\u201cWe need to ensure that the vaccines that we have are not wasted because every dose is precious.<\/em> Countries that are lagging behind in their rollout need to step up vaccination efforts<\/em>,\u201d says Dr. Moeti.\n\n\n
African Countries that have Vaccinated Over a Million People<\/h2>\nThe story is not all gloomy because there are some African countries that have successfully vaccinated more than a million people.\u00a0 This is a milestone worth celebrating, considering the challenges facing African governments. if indeed all African countries have equal access to the vaccine via the COVAX scheme, then Surpassing the 1-millionth mark depends largely on the vaccine rollout strategy in place. Below are the 12 African countries with more than one million vaccinated people in descending order.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309760\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2048\"]
<\/a> A map of Africa showing the number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo credit: OurWorldInData.org)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\n#1. Morocco<\/h3>\nTotal population: 36 miliion\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 18.23 million\n
#2. South Africa<\/h3>\nTotal population: 59 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 9.03 million\n
#3. Egypt<\/h3>\nTotal population: 102 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 5.11 million\n
#4. Tunisia<\/h3>\nTotal population: 11 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.69 million\n
#5. Algeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 43 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 3.42 million\n\n\n
#6. Nigeria<\/h3>\nTotal population: 206 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.55 million\n
#7. Zimbabwe<\/h3>\nTotal population: 14 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.53 million\n
#8. Kenya<\/h3>\nTotal population: 53 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.89 million\n
#9. Rwanda<\/h3>\nTotal population: 12 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.24 million\n
#10. Mozambique<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.21 million\n
#11. Senegal<\/h3>\nTotal population: 16 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.15 million\n
#12. Angola<\/h3>\nTotal population: 32 million\n\nNumber of people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine: 1.11 million\n\n\n
How to Improve Vaccination Drive Across Africa<\/h2>\nMorocco is leading other African nations with a huge margin. So, we can take a cue from them to understand how to improve the vaccination drive in Africa. From the onset, the Moroccan government sort for the vaccines from several sources and was also involved in the early vaccine trials<\/a>. By taking this initiative, Morocco had access to more vaccines than any other African nation. The government also plans to produce the Sinophram vaccines locally and this will reduce its dependency on foreign governments.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_309799\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"749\"]
<\/a> Map of the COVID-19 Vaccines being distributed in Africa (Photo credit: Twitter @SamRamani2)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nFor the vaccine rollout, the Moroccan government mobilized both health personnel and the military. The 12,000 health personnel initially mobilized were deployed to 2,888 vaccination stations across the country. In comparison, South Africa has only 18 vaccination centers<\/a>, despite having a larger population.\n\nHaving more vaccination centers makes it easy for its citizens to get access to the COVID-19 vaccine without delay. This will also curb wastage since the vaccines won't need to be stored for too long and risk expiration. Indeed, other African nations can learn from this to improve their vaccination rollout process. Instead of relying only on lockdown which takes a toll on the economy<\/a>.","post_title":"See The African Countries That Have Vaccinated Over A Million People","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"see-the-african-countries-that-have-vaccinated-over-a-million-people","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-04 06:03:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=309676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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