COVID-19 vaccines uptake: Public knowledge, awareness, perception and acceptance among adult Africans.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The willingness of Africa's population to patronise the COVID-19 vaccines is critical to the efficiency of national immunisation programmes. This study surveys the views of adult African inhabitants toward vaccination and the possibility of participating or not participating in governments' efforts to get citizens vaccinated.

Method

A cross-sectional online survey of adult Africans was undertaken from December 2020 to March 2021. Responses were anonymised. The Pearson Chi-square test was performed to determine whether or not there were any variations in knowledge, awareness, perception and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccines among the participants. Binomial logistic regression was used to evaluate the factors associated with willingness to accept the COVID-19 va

SUBMITTER: Ahiakpa JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159554 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature