Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in a rural Ugandan population

Joseph Mugisha; Bernard Mpairwe; Beatrice Kimono; Pontiano Kaleebu; Robert Newton

doi:10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100355

Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in a rural Ugandan population

Vaccine X. 2023 Jul 25:15:100355. doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100355. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Joseph Mugisha¹, Bernard Mpairwe¹, Beatrice Kimono¹, Pontiano Kaleebu¹, Robert Newton¹

Affiliation

¹ MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.

Abstract

Working within the context of a longstanding cohort in rural southwestern Uganda (the General Population Cohort), we collect health-related data in successive survey rounds from all residents of 25 adjacent villages on a biannual basis. Between January 2022 and July 2022, 2318 adult participants in the cohort were asked about their SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status; 80% of participants had received at least one dose of vaccine and 51% had received two doses; 2% had received a third dose.

Abstract

Grants and funding