COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Vaccination is the most effective intervention for the primary prevention of COVID-19. Several studies have been conducted in sub-Saharan African countries on the acceptance and associated factors of COVID-19 vaccine. This review and meta-analysis aimed to recapitulate the pooled magnitude of vaccine acceptance and its favoring factors in sub-Saharan African countries. PUBMED, MEDLINE, Science Direct, Web of Science, and SCOPUS were the main databases searched from 15 March to 5 June 2022; and all the articles written in the English language were included. Also, some articles were retrieved from biomedical peer-reviewed journal sites and Google scholar. The quality of thirty-five selected articles was evaluated using an adapted scale for evaluating cross-sectional studies based on the Newc

SUBMITTER: Gudayu TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9846884 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature