Africa plans to drive health security with its youth population
February 10, 2023
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March 4, 2023
- Just 45.6% of Africans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
- And despite having the fastest-growing population, the African continent expects a healthcare worker shortage of 6.1 million people by 2030.
- Healthcare inequity is a challenge across Africa — but the continent’s ambitious and growing young population could hold the solution.
Africa is putting its young people front and centre in continent-wide efforts to advance health security in the post-COVID-19 world. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the extent of Africa’s weak health systems. Now, the continent finds itself lagging in COVID-19 vaccination coverage.
Just 45.6% of Africans are fully vaccinated against the disease. That is unlike the United Kingdom and the United States where 75.4% and 69.2% of the populations have been fully vaccinated, respectively.
