Values and Hopes of Ebola Vaccines Mass Immunization Programs and Treatments Adoption and Implementation Benefits in Africa
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2015-11-06
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International Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination
Abstract
The potential benefits of safe, effective and cost effective Ebola vaccines
and massive population-based immunization and treatment can be easily
demonstrated by the unprecedented Ebola outbreak consequences that raged
West Africa and intimidation the international public health security. Effective
community-based health programming and contextual understanding have shown
to be of tremendous benefits of global poliomyelitis immunization initiative.
Africa fertility rate is among the highest in the world and projected growth over
next 40 years, from 1.1 billion to 2.4 billion by 2050. It has become clear that
the lack of effective Ebola immunization programs and management logistics
in both vulnerable populations and international travellers was complicated by
weak health planning and epidemics preparedness. Moreover, poor prognosis
and late local, regional and international response led to preventable toll of
over 27,609 cases and 11,261 deaths been recorded in West Africa recently.
As Ebola still represents a common threat in Africa and threatening the global
community; this article reports a cumulative survival rate varying between 37-
66% in West Africa with the highest in Sierra Leone of 67% in contrast to 26% in
DR Congo with the highest cumulative frequencies of seven of Ebola resurgence
episodes from 1977-2014, and Uganda five episodes from 2000-2012. But what
exactly triggers to those Ebola patients fortunate enough to survive is still to be
elucidated. West Africa has recorded a cumulative fatality rate ranging from 34-
63 %. Understanding the benefits of Ebola immunization should be of importance
and could provide inklings into Ebola’s weakness in such dearth of local medical
and healthcare delivery, intense global travel and food insecurity systems. Hence,
development and effective deployment of massive population-based Ebola
immunization program and travel medicine policy on prevention and control
measures should be a major priority post-Ebola emergency response directed to
curb and to eradicate the threatening Ebola outbreaks. In addition, development
of evidence-based innovative community-based primary healthcare services,
functioning delivery mechanisms, other public health interventions surveillance
and recovery packages. Hence, support in improving safety and healthy living
in achieving the national / regional growth, sustainable development goals and
global health security.