Accessibility of COVID-19 Vaccines in African Countries: A System Dynamics Model Examining Income, Logistics, and Governance

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dc.contributor.authorOzturk, Oya
dc.contributor.authorCelik, Muhammed
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-22T14:08:43Z
dc.date.available2025-02-22T14:08:43Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractTo combat the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, national governments, and universities have jointly developed a variety of vaccines. After this stage, widespread and effective vaccination on a global scale has become the most crucial aspect in the fight against the pandemic. The discovery of vaccines has brought up the issue of how to deliver them quickly and fairly to those living in underdeveloped countries. Vaccination encompasses not only the medical aspect but also the concepts of accessibility, availability, equitable, fair, and rapid distribution as a whole. The main theme of our study is to comparatively highlight the impact of factors other than the medical aspect of vaccination on vaccination, specifically within the context of the African continent. African countries particularly have faced the most problems in accessing and distributing vaccines. This study aims to identify the barriers to the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine to African countries. In this study, we analyzed the vaccine supply, governance index, and logistics infrastructure factors affecting access to vaccines in the context of various scenarios, using the system dynamics method. The findings of this study show that income level is the most significant variable. Additionally, improving logistics performance and infrastructure and governance index increase more equitable access to vaccines in African countries.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.30798/makuiibf.1421672
dc.identifier.endpage1348en_US
dc.identifier.issn2149-1658
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1327en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.30798/makuiibf.1421672
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/29590
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001399022700003
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMehmet Akif Ersoy Univen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Economics and Administrative Sciences Facultyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250222
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectVaccineen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectSystem Dynamicsen_US
dc.subjectLogistics Infrastructureen_US
dc.subjectGovernance Indexen_US
dc.titleAccessibility of COVID-19 Vaccines in African Countries: A System Dynamics Model Examining Income, Logistics, and Governanceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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