PAMJ supplements
Fifty years of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation in Africa
The supplement will showcase the efforts of immunization programmes across countries, serving as an opportunity for documenting innovative practices and solutions, successes and challenges, which are important for advocacy. The supplement will provide the opportunity to thoroughly document how governments and partners navigate the dynamic problems that affect immunization programmes to promote systems learning, reinforce advocacy and strengthen future strategic plans. The supplement publication will feature commentaries, essays, perspectives as well as descriptive analyses across various program areas, using available programmatic data from the immunisation and disease surveillance areas. Where available, attempts will be made to include research done using primary data. The supplement will prioritize papers from countries, giving a platform to national immunisation programs and researchers at country level to share their experiences with the wider scientific community.
Guest editors:
- Charles Shey Wiysonge, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville (Congo)
- Balcha Masresha, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville (Zimbabwe)
- Raoul Kamadjeu, UNICEF, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, New York, (United States)
- Antoinette Ba-Nguz, UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi (Kenya)
- Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (Congo)
- Duduzile Ndwandwe, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, (South Africa)
Contact: Charles Shey Wiysonge, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville (Congo)
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Table of contents
Fifty years of immunization in Africa: reflecting on the past, celebrating progress, and shaping the future (Editorial)
Charles Shey Wiysonge
Pan African Medical Journal. 11 June 2025. 51(1): 1
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A perspective on essential components for adaptability and scalability to enhance equity-driven vaccination interventions: lessons from Mozambique and Malawi (Perspectives)
Linda Shuro, Hanani Tabana, Emily Lawrence, Jocelyn Powelson, Gaspar Come, Lucia Knight, Helen Schneider
Pan African Medical Journal. 11 June 2025. 51(1): 2
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Dr Robin Biellik (1949 — 2024) (Obituary)
Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele
Pan African Medical Journal. 11 June 2025. 51(1): 3
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New approaches to measles eradication, with special reference to Africa (Essay)
William Mbabazi, Robert Davis
Pan African Medical Journal. 13 June 2025. 51(1): 4
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Can implementation research be a game changer for measles elimination in Africa? (Commentary)
Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Balcha Girma Masresha, Charles Shey Wiysonge
Pan African Medical Journal. 13 June 2025. 51(1): 5
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We need to embed implementation research in immunization programmes in Africa (Editorial)
Charles Shey Wiysonge, Abdu Abdullahi Adamu
Pan African Medical Journal. 13 June 2025. 51(1): 6
[PDF - 177 KB]
Towards making immunization programmes in Africa more successful: a primer on implementation research (Commentary)
Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Chukwudi Arnest Nnaji, Echezona Edozie Ezeanolue, Charles Shey Wiysonge
Pan African Medical Journal. 13 June 2025. 51(1): 7
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Insights from a measles outbreak root cause analysis in Ethiopia - 2024 (Research)
Mikias Alayu Alemu, Sisay Temesgen Dema, Habtamu Alemay Anteneh, Habtamu Tilahun Guade, Abay Hagos Gebrekidan, Amare Mengistu Mersha, Gebre Asmamaw Lakew, Yonas Asefa Tufa, Endale Zemene Shibeshi, Gizaw Teka Nibzane, Fasil Teshager Hailemariam, Yamlak Gindola Kita, Fentaw Yimam, Wondimu Bekele Ayana, Tirhas Hailekiros, Kefyalew Amene, Rahel Atakilti, Emebet Alemu, Ommer Yeshaw, Sarai Malumo, Melkamu Ayalew Kokebe, Mesfin Wossen Getaneh, Melkamu Abte Afele, Balcha Girma Masresha
Pan African Medical Journal. 13 June 2025. 51(1): 8
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Vaccines as antimicrobial resistance control tools: evidence from pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in South Africa (Brief)
Chinwe Iwu-Jaja, Akhona Victress Mazingisa, Anelisa Jaca, Chidozie Declan Iwu, Charles Shey Wiysonge
Pan African Medical Journal. 13 June 2025. 51(1): 9
[PDF - 284 KB]
The evolving landscape of rubella in the WHO African Region (Research)
Balcha Masresha, Richard Luce, Reggis Katsande, Goitom Weldegebriel, Charles Wiysonge
Pan African Medical Journal. 17 June 2025. 51(1): 10
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Advancing vaccine manufacturing in Africa: a new era for immunisation programmes towards self-sufficiency (Commentary)
Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy, Roseline Dzekem Dine, Clovis Nchinjoh Sangwe, Nancy B Tahmo, Eugene Vernyuy Yeika, Clinton Njakoi Kwemu, Jean-Claude Kindzeka Wirsiy, Denis Ebot Ako-Arrey
Pan African Medical Journal. 19 June 2025. 51(1): 11
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Generating implementation evidence in clinical trials of vaccines and immunization-related technologies to reduce evidence-to-policy delays (Commentary)
Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Patrick de Marie Katoto, Charles Shey Wiysonge
Pan African Medical Journal. 24 July 2025. 51(1): 12
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Epidemiological investigation of measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Lamwo District, Uganda (Research)
Bob Omoda Amodan, Emmanuel Ssendikwanawa, Josephine Namayanja, Bob Rolex Opio, Godfrey Biroma, Job Morukileng, Denis Ochula, Micheal Baganizi
Pan African Medical Journal. 25 July 2025. 51(1): 13
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Rollout of the meningococcal a conjugate vaccine in African meningitis belt countries from 2010 to 2023: progress, challenges, and future directions (Research)
André Arsène Bita Fouda, Antoine Durupt, Ado Mpia Bwaka, Carol Tevi Benissan, Anderson Latt, Clément Lingani, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey, Denis Kako Nga Kandolo, Katsande Reggis, Gautier Bikindou, Shibeshi Messeret Eshetu, Joseph Nsiari-muzeyi Biey, Marcellin Nimpa, Aschalew Teka Bekele, Crépin Hilaire Dadjo, Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Franck Fortune Roland Mboussou, Adidja Amani, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Benido Impouma, Marie-Pierre Preziosi
Pan African Medical Journal. 19 August 2025. 51(1): 14
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Switching from 10-dose to using 5-dose measles-containing vaccine vial presentation: lessons from 7 countries in the WHO African Region (Research)
Balcha Girma Masresha, Aschalew Teka Bekele, Rebakaone Bowe, Maggie Archbold, Joseph Nsiari-muzeyi Biey, Pamela Mitula, Yolande Vuo Masembe, Sylvestre Dongmo, Felix Amate Elime, Charles Atud Teboh
Pan African Medical Journal. 26 August 2025. 51(1): 15
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Towards an African Region free of meningitis epidemics by 2030: vision, progress, challenges and future directions (Research)
André Arsène Bita Fouda, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Anderson Latt, Clément Lingani, Ado Mpia Bwaka, Sinayoko Abdoulaye, Lorenzo Pezzoli, Fernandez Katya, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey, Shibeshi Messeret Eshetu, Djimtebaye Djimtola, Gautier Bikindou, Crépin Hilaire Dadjo, Joseph Nsiari-muzeyi Biey, Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Franck Fortune Roland Mboussou, Benido Impouma
Pan African Medical Journal. 26 August 2025. 51(1): 16
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Progress, challenges and priorities in eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus in the African region from 2016 to 2024: cross-sectional retrospective analysis (Research)
André Arsène Bita Fouda, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Nasir Yusuf, Balcha Girma Masresha, Ado Mpia Bwaka, Joseph Nsiari-muzeyi Biey, Crépin Hilaire Dadjo, Shibeshi Messeret Eshetu, Franck Fortune Roland Mboussou, Gautier Bikindou Landou, Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Diana Chang-Blanc, Benido Impouma
Pan African Medical Journal. 05 September 2025. 51(1): 17
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Measles outbreak: knowledge, vaccine hesitancy, health-seeking practices among caregivers of children with measles and factors associated with measles transmission in Sanyati District, Zimbabwe, 2022 (Research)
Tendai Munetsi, Daniel Chirundu, Addmore Chadambuka, Tsitsi Patience Juru, Gerald Shambira, Notion Tafara Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga, Richard Makurumidze
Pan African Medical Journal. 05 September 2025. 51(1): 18
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Five decades of progress in vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and immunization coverage in East and Southern Africa: focus on polio and measles (Research)
Daudi Manyanga, Charles Byabamazima, Charles Teboh, Goitom Weldegebriel, Charles Muitherero, Brine Masvikeni, Maryanna Ochieng, Sarah Wanyoike
Pan African Medical Journal. 10 September 2025. 51(1): 19
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African vaccination week in West Africa: untapped potential (Essay)
Crépin Hilaire Dadjo, Hadiatou Diallo, Sylvain Honoré Woromogo, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Ado Mpia Bwaka
Pan African Medical Journal. 10 September 2025. 51(1): 20
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Qualitative review on type two circulating polio virus outbreak in Ethiopia: a thematic analysis approach, 2020 (Research)
Yonas Assefa Tufa, Mikiyas Alayu Alemu, Negash Abera, Ahmed Mohammed, Alemu Zenebe, Belay Makango, Shiferaw Tesfaye Tilahun, Yoseph Nigussie, Birhanu Regassa, Tsegaye Getachew, Hebron Mekonen, Assebe Feyera, Mintesnot Hawaz, Ermiyas Woldie, Yibeyin Mulualem, Senait Alemayehu, Zerihun Doda, Yaregal Fufa
Pan African Medical Journal. 16 September 2025. 51(1): 21
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A decade of progress and challenges in government support for routine immunization in East and Southern Africa (2015-2024) (Research)
Daudi Manyanga, Charles Byabamazima, Brine Masvikeni, Maryanna Ochieng, Sarah Wanyoike
Pan African Medical Journal. 17 September 2025. 51(1): 22
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Drivers of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance performance: insights from a surveillance peer review in high- and low-performing districts in Zimbabwe (Research)
Maxwell Rupfutse, Wondu Asefa Gebresilasie, Amen Gumbo, Florence Shirehwa, Nomore Nyengerai, Mary Munyoro, Joan Marembo, Alex Mafuzhe
Pan African Medical Journal. 17 September 2025. 51(1): 23
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Progress on implementation of immunization agenda 2030 (IA2030) in the WHO African region: achievements, lessons learned and priorities (Research)
Aschalew Teka Bekele, Balcha Girma Masresha, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Pamela Mitula, Ado Bwaka, Sarah Wanyoike, Sidy Ndiaye, Amos Petu, Adidja Amani, Johnson Muluh Ticha, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Benido Impouma
Pan African Medical Journal. 23 September 2025. 51(1): 24
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The evolution of Tanzania´s poliomyelitis surveillance system since the introduction of the expanded program on immunization in 1975 (Research)
Daudi Manyanga, Honest Nyaki, Delphinus Mujuni, Georgina Joachim, Abdul Ameir Saleh, Brine Masvikeni, Boniface Makelemo, Charles Byabamazima, Sarah Wanyoike
Pan African Medical Journal. 07 October 2025. 51(1): 25
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Translating Africa's local vaccine ambition into measurable benchmarks: a country readiness assessment index (CRAI) to accelerate Africa's vaccine manufacturing (Commentary)
Uchenna Anderson Amaechi, Justice Nonvignon, Chukwudi Arnest Nnaji, Kelechi Julian Uzor, Ryuichi Komatsu, Solomon Nwaka, Nicolas Ray
Pan African Medical Journal. 08 October 2025. 51(1): 26
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Trends and insights of data quality in the expanded programme on immunization East and Southern Africa sub region: (1974-2024) (Research)
Maryanna Ochieng, Daudi Manyanga, Brine Masvikeni, Charles Byabamazima, Sarah Wanyoike
Pan African Medical Journal. 08 October 2025. 51(1): 27
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Fifty years of immunisation in Africa: the evolution of vaccine supply chains (Essay)
Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Akhona Victress Mazingisa, Chidozie Declan Iwu, Charles Shey Wiysonge
Pan African Medical Journal. 10 October 2025. 51(1): 28
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Resurgence of diphtheria outbreaks in the African Region 2023-2024 (Research)
André Arsène Bita Fouda, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Balcha Girma Masresha, Ahmadou Diallo, Alain Blaise Tatsinkou, Patrick Cossy Otim Ramadan, Junholv Obo, John Otshudiema, Aschalew Teka Bekele, Joseph Nsiari-muzeyi Biey, Gautier Bikindou, Charles Lukoya Okot, Marcellin Nimpa Mengouo, Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Castilla Echenique Jorge, Franck Fortune Roland Mboussou, Ado Mpia Bwaka, Benido Impouma
Pan African Medical Journal. 10 October 2025. 51(1): 29
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Insight on the role of imaging in Lassa fever vaccine clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa (Commentary)
Stephen Ohikhuemei Izevbekhai, Anthony Owolabi, Pamela Faith Isioma Irabor, Joseph Okoeguale, Cyril Erameh, Peter Okokhere, Sylvanus Akhaluefo Okogbenin, George Obozokhale Akpede, Reuben Agbons Eifediyi
Pan African Medical Journal. 10 October 2025. 51(1): 30
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Facteurs associés aux occasions manquées de vaccination chez les enfants de 0 à 23 mois dans les districts sanitaires de Ziniaré et Nongr-Massom au Burkina Faso en 2024 (Letter to the editors)
Ahmed Kabore, Wendinpassédé Roland Nouktara, Relwendé Aristide Yameogo, Rayendé Juste Romaric Soubyabiga, Félicité Nana, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Nicolas Meda
Pan African Medical Journal. 17 October 2025. 51(1): 31
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Stakeholders´ perspectives of a design thinking-informed intervention to reduce zero-dose burden and improve immunisation services in Kano State, Nigeria: a qualitative study (Research)
Abisoye Oyeyemi, Ebuka Nwafia, Ganiyat Eshikhena, Uche Ibe, Olamide Akeboi, Godwin Idim, Mannir Ahmad, Alice Ogenyi, Koko Aadum, Geraldine Mbagwu1, Dupsy Akoma, Ifeoma Ezenyi, Auwal Idris, Sa´adatu Ibrahim, Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, Ibrahim Aliyu Umar, Theresa Sommers, Chijioke Kaduru
Pan African Medical Journal. 17 October 2025. 51(1): 32
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Congenital rubella syndrome in Ethiopia: a retrospective review of records in four tertiary hospitals (Research)
Habtamu Alemay Anteneh, Abayneh Demissie, Sarai Malumo, Mekonnen Admassu Mekonnen, Wondimu Bekele, Melkamu Ayalew, Yohannes Lakew, Mariamawit Asfaw, Balcha Girma Masresha
Pan African Medical Journal. 21 October 2025. 51(1): 33
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Polio eradication in Africa: overcoming the final hurdles (Perspectives)
Alpha Umaru Bai-Sesay, Chizaram Anselm Onyeaghala, Mark Anum Nortey, Abdullahi Hassan, Ebuka Louis Anyamene
Pan African Medical Journal. 28 October 2025. 51(1): 34
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The next 50 years of immunization in Africa: harnessing lessons from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to build climate-resilient vaccine systems (Perspectives)
Alpha Umaru Bai-Sesay, Chizaram Anselm Onyeaghala, Mark Anum Nortey, Abdullahi Hassan, Ebuka Louis Anyamene
Pan African Medical Journal. 28 October 2025. 51(1): 35
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