Impact of implemented vaccination strategies on vaccine uptake and attitude of final year pharmacy students toward COVID-19 vaccines in Gezira State, Sudan.

ABSTRACT: Vaccine hesitancy is a global threat to public health. Hesitant individuals pose a major concern, as they can be viewed as a source of infection, which may lead to another outbreak. Effective strategies are needed to increase uptake, decrease hesitancy, and achieve herd immunity. This study aims to identify the impact of implemented strategies on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake among final-year pharmacy students, and their acceptance and attitudes towards mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. An anonymous, internet-based cross-sectional study was developed using Google Forms and administered to final-year pharmacy students (254) at all pharmacy colleges in Wad Medani city, Sudan between August and September 2022. Overall, 30.7 % of students were hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The ma

SUBMITTER: Wedaa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701370 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature