Uneven power dynamics must be levelled in COVID-19 vaccines access and distribution

Alaran, Aishat Jumoke; Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo; Badmos, Abubakar Olaitan; Khalid-Salako, Fahd A.; Gaya, Sa’id Khalid; Ilesanmi, Esther Bosede; Olaoye, Damilola Quazeem; Bamisaiye, Adeola; Lucero‐Prisno, Don Eliseo

doi:10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100096

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“…Interestingly, one of the reasons for non-acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine is the vaccine´s perceived high cost according to our findings. Access is also an important factor to be considered as regards the COVID-19 vaccine [ 40 , 41 ], and it is essential to translate the willingness to be vaccinated into actual vaccination decisions when the vaccine becomes available. Even though our study did not assess the willingness to pay for the COVID-19 vaccine, equitable access to vaccination is much-needed to quickly achieve herd immunity.…”

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When it is available, will we take it? Social media users’ perception of hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria

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Introduction COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health threat facing mankind. There is no specific antiviral treatment for COVID-19, and many vaccine candidates are currently under clinical trials. This study aimed to understand the perception of social media users regarding a hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. Methods we conducted a cross-sectional survey among social media users in Nigeria in August 2020 using an online questionnaire. The questionnaire includes sections on the demographic characteristics of the respondents and their perception regarding a hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 517 respondents completed and returned the informed consent along with the questionnaire electronically. Data were coded and abstracted into Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and loaded into the STATA 14 software for final analysis. Results the results showed that more than half of the respondents were male 294 (56.9%). Most of the respondents 385 (74.5%) intend to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Among the 132 respondents that would not take the COVID-19 vaccine, the major reason for non-acceptance was unreliability of the clinical trials 49 (37.1%), followed by the belief that their immune system is sufficient to combat the virus 36 (27.3%). We found a significant association between the age of the respondents and the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance (P-value=0.00) as well as geographical location and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance (P-value=0.02). Conclusion it was observed that most of the respondents were willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Our findings also reiterate the need to reassure the public the benefits an effective and safe COVID-19 vaccine can reap for public health. There is a need for national health authorities in Nigeria to ensure public trust is earned and all communities, including the marginalized populations, are properly engaged to ensure an optimal COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.

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“…Discussions around perception of the COVID-19 vaccine and access to the COVID-19 vaccine are important to analyze so adjustments can be made in the delivery and approach to deploying the vaccine [ 31 ]. Our study found tweets that were explicitly related to equity and access.…”

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“…Research demonstrates that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities of color due to socioeconomic status and lack of access [ 32 ]. Moreover, older Americans living in low-income households who are Black or of American Indian race have a higher associated risk of illness from COVID-19 [ 31 , 33 ]. Since equitable COVID-19 distribution is linked to removing the associated barriers [ 34 ], Twitter sentiment under the theme of equity and access communicates a relevance for vaccine equity and a priority of vaccine coverage to go to individuals at a higher risk of infection [ 31 , 33 ].…”

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“…Moreover, older Americans living in low-income households who are Black or of American Indian race have a higher associated risk of illness from COVID-19 [ 31 , 33 ]. Since equitable COVID-19 distribution is linked to removing the associated barriers [ 34 ], Twitter sentiment under the theme of equity and access communicates a relevance for vaccine equity and a priority of vaccine coverage to go to individuals at a higher risk of infection [ 31 , 33 ]. Our study findings support the perception that equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout should be addressed amidst barriers by race and socioeconomic status.…”

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Advocacy, Hesitancy, and Equity: Exploring U.S. Race-Related Discussions of the COVID-19 Vaccine on Twitter

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Background: Our study aimed to describe themes of tweets related to COVID-19 vaccines, race, and ethnicity to explore the context of the intersection of these topics on Twitter. Methods: We utilized Twitter’s Streaming Application Programming Interface (API) to collect a random 1% sample of publicly available tweets from October 2020 to January 2021. The study team conducted a qualitative content analysis from the full data set of 1110 tweets. Results: The tweets revealed vaccine support through vaccine affirmation, advocacy through reproach, a need for a vaccine, COVID-19 and racism, vaccine development and efficacy, racist vaccine humor, and news updates. Vaccine opposition was demonstrated through direct opposition, vaccine hesitancy, and adverse reactions. Conspiracy and misinformation included scientific misinformation, political misinformation, beliefs about immunity and protective behaviors, and race extermination conspiracy. Equity and access focused on overcoming history of medical racism, pointing out health disparities, and facilitators to vaccine access. Representation touted pride in development and role models, and politics discussed the role of politics in vaccines and international politics. Conclusion: Our analysis demonstrates that Twitter can provide nuances about multiple viewpoints on the vaccine related to race and ethnicity and can be beneficial in contributing to insights for public health messaging.

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“…Effective vaccines should become global public goods, and first be provided to people in urgent need around the world ( 35 ). The ultimate victory in the global fight against the pandemic can only be achieved if countries around the world work together to ensure fair, equitable, and transparent distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine worldwide, and actively build a human health community ( 36 ). Moreover, relief resources including medical equipment, COVID-19 research and development, and medical personnel should be allocated inter-regionally according to the varying numbers of infections and severity of supply shortage among countries ( 37 ).…”

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Research on International Cooperative Governance of the COVID-19

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Yang

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Front. Public Health

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Since the first case of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has quickly spread to all the corners of the world. Amid the global public health threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, active cooperative governance has gradually emerged as the most powerful weapon against its spread. To facilitate international cooperation for pandemic governance, this paper applied the evolutionary game theory to analyze the factors influencing active cooperative governance and, based on the results, proposed a series of recommendations for promoting international cooperation. (1) leveraging the role of international organizations to reduce the cost of realizing the strategy of active cooperative governance, (2) promoting the international exchange of related experiences to lower the cost of active pandemic governance, (3) sustaining productive and daily activities during the pandemic in a classified and hierarchical manner to reduce the economic loss incurred by active pandemic governance, and (4) optimizing the incentive measures of international organizations to facilitate the selection of active cooperative governance. Finally, from the four aspects of resource management of pandemic treatment, supply management of living materials, population flow cooperation management, and governance fund cooperation management, this paper gives the path of international pandemic cooperative governance.

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Uneven power dynamics must be levelled in COVID-19 vaccines access and distribution

Cited by 36 publications

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When it is available, will we take it? Social media users’ perception of hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria

When it is available, will we take it? Social media users’ perception of hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria

Advocacy, Hesitancy, and Equity: Exploring U.S. Race-Related Discussions of the COVID-19 Vaccine on Twitter

Research on International Cooperative Governance of the COVID-19

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