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Tsegaye Bojago From Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia

Marie Chantal UWIMANA from University of Rwanda

Dr. Ellen Mkondya Senkoro from Tanzania

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Tobias Chirwa - Wits University, South Africa. Apologies I will be in and out due to other earlier commitments.

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Bassirou Bonfoh, Afrique One-ASPIRE/ Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS)

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Hi. Dr. Felix Khuluza from University of Malawi-College of Medicine

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Anelisa Jaca from South Africa, based in the South African Medical Research Council, Cochrane South Africa.

Adele Baleta from South Africa, Vaccine hesitancy working group, NAGI

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@Prof. Samson, what might be the best strategies to counter this hesitancy?

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Welcome @Prof Charlotte Watts Chief Scientific Advisor , UK FCDO

@Prof Charlotte Watts perhaps you wouldliketo chime in following on Sams presentation on global lessons on vaccine hsistance and how evidence on riskvs benefit might best be tailored to context

How relevant is mistrust in science (rather than politics?)

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I think, in this issue of vaccines, Africa seem to be ignored and no one bothers to involve Africa in terms of R&D, we are only at the recipient end...

Good afternoon All. Glad to be here. Learning a lot from the eminent resource persons. I would appreciate the materials to my email. Dr. Ani Etokidem, Associate Professor/Consultant Community Physician, Department of Community Medicine, University of Calabar/University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria. Email: etokidem@etokidem.com

Goodluck Mselle from Tanzania senior environmental health officer currently in Yonsei University in Korea for studies

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strategies: Contextualization of the Covid-19 situation and raising awareness of advantages and disadvantages of vaccine. Exploring people's perceptions around vaccine

I think in Africa it is more a mistruct in politics rather than science perse, I am not sure we have you hardcore antivaxxers type in Africa

As Director of Ventures For Good Foundation who volunteers in Uganda and plans to help build a secondary school for Science and Technology, I must say that I am very hesitate to travel to Uganda. I have been doubly vaccinated but my group does not want to travel without knowing we are safe, not only from contracting Co-Vid but also about the care available if we did contract the virus. Vaccinations are not 100% effective, so we must be careful not to enter any country where people are not vaccinated and the virus is allowed to run rampant.

@ Dr. Sam Kinyanjui. You mentioned historical drivers of vaccine hesitancy. It would be good to explore how these can best be addressed in an evidence-informed way.

Felix Kalaba is correct on the role of Spiritual leaders to mobilising community acceptance towards COVID 19 vaccine, yet governments should fundamentally have taken positive direction to the effect. Resistance of ambivalence of government leadership is a significant factor to public acceptance of the vaccine.

Politicians should be advised as to the ECONOMIC impact it would have if travel to Africa is compromised due to lack of protection from CoVid

How can we as scientists tackle conspiracy theories…..especially when they are popularised by media and prominent persons…the masses tend to believe them

One of the major driving factors of vaccine hesitancy is the social media network, that keep circulating video snips of people who talk negatively about covid-19 vaccines. Others speak as scientist/doctors etc and give their own views regarding the development as well as presumed effect of the vaccine. This information that circulates regularly in these social networks drive people out of the need and desire to go and get vaccinated. I [ersonally received a lot of consultation from family friends asking should I get the vaccine? what about this information or that. After discussion, they end up going to get the vaccine. This is just a minute number to signify that athe problem is big and many more others do not have that chance to ask someone who is the know on guiding them to make a decion to vaccinate. This requires an approach to minimise such informational overload of negative coverage

what is making Africa slow on vaccine formation with soomany traditional medicinals plants to be utilised?

What are we as African scientists doing to counter the misinformation on vaccine adverse effects. Do we have a trusted avenue for communicating medically important scientific information that regular citizens of our countries can easily get and understand.

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This forum is a very good one. It is good if we can initiate research ideas , research group, and generate data which African media can use as positive information to reach the public.

Good afternoon All. Nice meeting all of you. Dr. Ani Etokidem, Associate Professor/Chief Consultant Community Physician, Department of Community Medicine, University of Calabar/University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria. Email: etokidem@etokidem.com

Thanks everyone.

Excellent summary @Joanes Atela! Thanks Joanes, Nora for excellent facilitation and AAS and all for the stimulating discussions

Agreed Prof Adeyinka, great thoughts. Thanks to all the facilitators and lets get into a rapid review so we can generateb evidence

Thank you so much everyone