TY  - BOOK
AU  - Severin Kabakama
AU  - Eveline T Konje
AU  - Tafadzwa Dzinamarira
AU  - Theophilus Acheampong
AU  -  John Amuasi
AU  -  Ivan Lumu
AU  -  Ernest Chimuka
AU  -  Olufela Adeyemi
AU  -  Jerome Nyhalah Dinga
AU  -  Colman Kishamawe
AU  -  Imran Morhason-Bello
AU  - Peter Hayombe
TI  - Commentary on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in sub-Saharan Africa
SN  - EISSN 241
PY  - 2022////7/11
CY  - Mwanza, Tanzania: 
PB  - MDPI &,  Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando]  
N2  - 
Abstract:

Rates of vaccination against COVID-19 remain lower in sub-Saharan Africa than in other low and middle-income regions. This is, in part, attributed to vaccine hesitancy, mainly due to misinformation about vaccine origin, efficacy and safety. From August to December 2021, we gathered the latest experiences and opinions on four vaccine hesitancy-related areas (policies, perceived risk religious beliefs, and misinformation) from 12 sub-Saharan African researchers, four of whom have published about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The authors included two political and business experts, six public health specialists, five epidemiologists, and four biostatisticians from ten sub-Saharan African countries( Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe). The authors’ overarching opinions were that political influences, religious beliefs and low perceived risk exists in sub-Saharan Africa, and they collectively contribute to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Communication strategies should target populations initially thought by policy makers to be at low risk, use multiple communication avenues and address major concerns in the population

UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7070130
ER  -