Some African countries have now moved from vaccine scarcity to slow vaccine uptake, according to the World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Africa.
“Africa’s biggest bottleneck at the start of the whole vaccination process was access. It has taken Africa, such a long time to get to the six percent compared with a country like the UK. For example, it would take them just a week to get to that level. Vaccine supply has now gradually increased in the past few months and we’re now seeing more doses coming onto the continent. But we’re now experiencing a vaccine utilisation problem,” she said Dr Phionah Atuhebwe, New Vaccines Introduction Officer, WHO Regional Office for Africa.
