How prevalent is COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in low-income and middle-income countries and what are the key drivers of hesitancy? Results from 53 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to estimate the levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in 53 low-income and middle-income countries, differences across population groups in hesitancy, and self-reported reasons for being hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Methods

This paper presents new evidence on levels and trends of vaccine hesitancy in low-income and middle-income countries based on harmonised high-frequency phone surveys from more than 120 000 respondents in 53 low-income and middle-income countries collected between October 2020 and August 2021. These countries represent a combined 53% of the population of low-income and middle-income countries excluding India and China.

Results

On average across countries, one in five adults reported being hesitant to take the COVI

SUBMITTER: Dayton Eberwein J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10632876 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature