Vaccine expert on U.S. missteps and what we can learn from successful inoculations in Africa March 8, 2021 at 8:55 am Underwritten by This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. An immunization campaign in Mozambique. (Denis Onyodi / VillageReach Photo) While scientists were able to create and test COVID-19 vaccines in nearly unimaginable, record-breaking time, the administration of vaccines across the U.S. has been bumpy, slow and inequitable. What’s to blame for the messy rollout? “The classic trap that the U.S. fell into … is we did not put the same energy into how we were going to deliver the vaccine that we put into the science of creating the vaccine,” said Emily Bancroft, president of VillageReach, a Seattle-based global health nonprofit founded in 2000 that helps with vaccine delivery in underserved communities.