Vaccine confidence and potential implications for new tuberculosis vaccines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A lack of general vaccine confidence has been identified as a potential barrier to the introduction of new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines. In the absence of TB-specific vaccine confidence surveys, analysis of general national vaccine confidence data can provide a useful proxy to determine where demand generation strategies may need to be focused ahead of future TB vaccine introductions.

Methods

We analysed 2023 Vaccine Confidence Index (VCI) data from 18 of the 49 countries present on at least one of the three World Health Organisation (WHO) high TB burden lists, and together containing 65% of the global TB burden, to explore overall confidence in vaccines in high TB burden countries. Based on collected answers to three different statements, we categorised responses 1

SUBMITTER: Hesketh ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12577312 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature