Assessing the Readiness of Local Vaccine Manufacturing in African Countries: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although Africa experiences the highest burden of infectious diseases, the continent currently produces less than 1% of its vaccine needs. In 2021, the African Union set a target to locally produce at least 60% of the continent's vaccine needs by 2040. However, at the time of developing this scoping review protocol, there is no consolidated, evidence-based framework for assessing national or regional "readiness" to establish or scale vaccine production.

Objective

This protocol aims to describe a methodological approach that will be used to review existing literature to identify, map, and synthesize the existing evidence on all relevant frameworks, indicator sets, and policy documents (global or national) developed pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic (January 1, 2010,

SUBMITTER: Amaechi UA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12775757 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature