ISSN: 2639-2038
Authors: Udokang EI*, Ibrahim AD, Francis JU, Omolase OT, Adebayo Kk and Adebisi AY
The Corona virus disease popularly known as Covid-19 was discovered in March, 2021 and has since been given critical attention by Government agencies, Pharmaceutical companies, private organizations and the health care system in order to provide remedy to damages caused by the virus. However, there are various approaches towards solving this global issue including, the use of facemasks, hand sanitizers, and maintaining of social distancing by individuals especially when in public. Furthermore, it has been discovered from studies that the best way to curtailing this issue is by provision of effective vaccines which has already been introduced and distributed to many countries around the world. No one will be safe until everyone has been vaccinated. Unfortunately, the African continent is limited by the number of available vaccination centres which are mostly government established hospitals, few private hospitals or the primary health centres. However, following the discovery of effective vaccines to help curtail the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus which has already destroyed lives and caused serious damage to the Africa's healthcare system. Given the highly populated nature of the African continent, it is petinent to create more centres to enhance an equitable distribution and easy access to the available vaccines by individuals of the African continent. This paper aims at emphasizing the need of involving Pharmacies in the vaccination programme in Africa.
Keywords: Covid-19; Programme; Pharmacies; Vaccination; Africa
