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There are two main forms of postlicence vaccine surveillance: passive and active. Passive systems collect unsolicited information such as voluntary reporting by health-care providers and the public. Active systems proactively request, collect and analyse data, usually in the form of clinical trials or large, interconnected health-care data systems.
shows 64% of South Africans are vaccine-willing, well below the percentage needed to obtain herd immunity. Importantly, of those hesitant to get vaccinatedThese themes run true throughout Africa; in Ethiopia, of those who do not want to be vaccinated cite a lack of knowledge on the vaccine as a reason. In Nigeria, that number is It is clear that investing in African PMP improvement will allow for more effective public health campaigns, increasing vaccine confidence and uptake.
The aim of the project is to monitor side effects and adverse events so as to alert public health clinicians to intervene when necessary and to increase confidence and public trust in vaccines through the rigorous collection and dissemination of this data.