STRATEGY TO FIGHT COVID-19: ACCESS TO VACCINATION FOR PEOPLE AGED > 65 IN RWANDA

Authors

  • Pr. Jean-Paul RWABIHAMA Centre d’Investigation Clinique-CEpIR et Task Force Covid-19 au Rwanda, Centre Biomédical du Rwanda, Ministère de la santé, Kigali, Rwanda; Département de médecine interne, Collège de Médecine et des Sciences de la santé, Université du Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
  • E. RWAGASORE Centre d’Investigation Clinique-CEpIR et Task Force Covid-19 au Rwanda, Centre Biomédical du Rwanda, Ministère de la santé, Kigali, Rwanda
  • H. SIBOMANA Centre d’Investigation Clinique-CEpIR et Task Force Covid-19 au Rwanda, Centre Biomédical du Rwanda, Ministère de la santé, Kigali, Rwanda
  • F. SAYINZOGA Centre d’Investigation Clinique-CEpIR et Task Force Covid-19 au Rwanda, Centre Biomédical du Rwanda, Ministère de la santé, Kigali, Rwanda
  • L. MUTESA Centre d’Investigation Clinique-CEpIR et Task Force Covid-19 au Rwanda, Centre Biomédical du Rwanda, Ministère de la santé, Kigali, Rwanda; Centre de Génétique Humaine, Collège de Médecine et des Sciences de la santé, Université du Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
  • A.-M. DUGUET INSERM U1295, CERPOP, Université Paul Sabatier et Chaire Ethique, Santé Société de l’UNESCO, Toulouse, France

Keywords:

vaccination, Covid-19, aged people, Rwanda.

Abstract

Rwanda has developed a dynamic strategic plan to fight Covid-19 pandemic centered on preventive public health measures and the accessibility to vaccination for population groups with high risk, especially: for people aged > 65. The priorization of this group is a considerable step forward in improving acces to health care for vulnerable populations in this context of health
crisis where the ethics of equity supports the ethics of urgency. In a pyramidal system of healthcare access, the priorization of this vulnerable population group for vaccination against Covid-19, could be extended to all health care and thus allows early management of chronic diseases of this aged population.

Author Biography

Pr. Jean-Paul RWABIHAMA, Centre d’Investigation Clinique-CEpIR et Task Force Covid-19 au Rwanda, Centre Biomédical du Rwanda, Ministère de la santé, Kigali, Rwanda; Département de médecine interne, Collège de Médecine et des Sciences de la santé, Université du Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

MD, PhD, Collège de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé

Published

2025-06-05

How to Cite

RWABIHAMA, P. J.-P., RWAGASORE, E. ., SIBOMANA, H. ., SAYINZOGA, F. ., MUTESA, L. ., & DUGUET, A.-M. . (2025). STRATEGY TO FIGHT COVID-19: ACCESS TO VACCINATION FOR PEOPLE AGED > 65 IN RWANDA. MEDECINE LEGALE DROIT MEDICAL, 65(2-3), 28 - 31. Retrieved from https://www.journaleska.com/index.php/mldm/article/view/10143

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 2-3 (2022): A SERIES OF THE JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE & SERIES E: LAW, HEALTH AND SOCIETY

Section

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