Vaccinations in low resource settings

Several prophylactic vaccines for example against COVID-19 or the human papilloma virus (HPV) are currently available. Nevertheless, the vaccination coverage in several African countries is still below an acceptable threshold with Madagascar being one of those with lowest coverage. The Fusco group wants to explore the barriers and facilitators of vaccine hesitancy in Madagascar and other African countries. 


 

 

Projects included in this topic:

 

Controlling cervical cancer through the implementation of HPV vaccination in Madagascar: providing evidence for implementation strategies – CHIMPS 
 

Partners
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Tambohobe, Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Merieux (CICM)
CHU PZAGA
 
@BNITM Valentina Marchese
 
Funding: 
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung 
 
Duration:
June 2023 – June 2027

Sitting women after Vaccination point on the vacination area on her arm
Women after Vaccination   ©BNITM

Past projects:

 

COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the Boeny region of Madagascar – CoBoGo
 

Partners:
University of Fianarantsoa 
Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Merieux (CICM
University of Mahajanga
Malagasy Ministry of Health 
 
Funding: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
 
Duration:
July 2022 – December 2022


African COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy – ACHES
 

Partners:
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS/CNRST)- Burkina Faso,
Santé Plus- Guinea, Faculté de Médecine et d’Odonto - stomatologie (FMOS) & University Clinical Research Center (UCRC)
Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB) - Mali
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD)- Senegal and University of Sierra Leone, College of Medical and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS)- Sierra Leone.
 
@BNITM Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja – Ricardo Strauss – Ralf Krumkamp
 
Funding: 
Global Health Protection Programme (GHPP) via the German ministry of health (BMG)

Duration:
March 2021 – August 2022


Laborgruppe Fusco

Daniela Fusco, Ph.D.: eine Forscherin vor dunklen roten Backstein Hintergrund, die ihre blonden schulterlangen Haar offen trägt.
Abteilung Infektionsepidemiologie

Ph.D. Daniela Fusco

Telefon: +49 40 285380 18-504

E-Mail: fusco@bnitm.de

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