June 2021: Conflict-prone countries face Covid-19 campaign challenges

Conflict-prone countries like Yemen face unique challenges in rolling out their Covid-19 vaccine campaigns due to security and logistical issues. In Yemen, vaccine supply and delivery are often hindered by the need to broker separate agreements with different governing authorities and travel along unsafe routes near front lines. Vaccination reluctance is another significant challenge, with the war-weary Yemeni people exhibiting “distrust of the authorities and the outside world.” SWI