Assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and barriers to uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite improved availability of COVID-19 vaccines in Sub-Saharan Africa, vaccination campaigns in the region have struggled to pick up pace and trail the rest of the world. Yet, a successful vaccination campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa will be critical to containing COVID-19 globally.

Methods

Here, we present new descriptive evidence on vaccine hesitancy, uptake, last-mile delivery barriers, and potential strategies to reach those who remain unvaccinated. Our data comes from national high frequency phone surveys in six countries in East and West Africa with a total population of 415 million people. Samples were drawn from nationally representative samples of households interviewed in recent in-person surveys. Our estimates are based on a survey module harmonized ac

SUBMITTER: Wollburg P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495410 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature