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
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