Public confidence in vaccines has plunged across sub-Saharan Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study of 17,000 people, across eight countries, published today in the journal Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.
Public confidence in vaccines has plunged across sub-Saharan Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study of 17,000 people, across eight countries, published today in the journalThe findings come as the World Health Organization and UNICEF have reported the largest sustained fall in uptake of routine childhood immunizations in three decades.
The research involved face-to-face interviews with over 17,000 adults across eight sub-Saharan African countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo , Ivory Coast, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. The experts used sampling methods to ensure an accurate cross section of the population was represented and to gain a picture of vaccine confidence at both national and regional levels.
Findings showed a fall in people's view that vaccines are important for children across all eight countries between 2020 and 2022, particularly in DRC , followed by Uganda and Nigeria . In Nigeria and DRC,in vaccine safety and effectiveness also declined, and fewer people agreed that 'vaccines are important for all ages' in Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, South African and Uganda.
"Early warning signals of confidence losses—such as those detected in this study—can provide time to respond, in the case of other epidemics, pandemics or other emerging crises," adds co-author, Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science Heidi Larson, who is the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at LSHTM.
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