Exploring COVID-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in Zimbabwe: A mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT: With COVID-19 no longer categorized as a public health emergency of international concern, vaccination strategies and priority groups for vaccination have evolved. Africa Centres for Diseases Prevention and Control proposed the '100-100-70%' strategy which aims to vaccinate all healthcare workers, all vulnerable groups, and 70% of the general population. Understanding whether healthcare workers were reached during previous vaccination campaigns and what can be done to address concerns, anxieties, and other influences on vaccine uptake, will be important to optimally plan how to achieve these ambitious targets. In this mixed-methods study, between June 2021 and July 2022 a quantitative survey was conducted with healthcare workers accessing a comprehensive health check in Zimbabwe to determi

SUBMITTER: Taruvinga T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734954 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature