Vaccine hesitancy – a potential threat to the achievements of vaccination programmes in Africa

Vaccine hesitancy – a potential threat to the achievements of vaccination programmes in Africa

Vaccination programmes in Africa have made extraordinary progress over the last four decades. Yet, vaccine hesitancy threatens to erode these gains. Vaccine hesitancy is a continuum between vaccine acceptance and refusal. A growing number of people in Africa are delaying or refusing recommended vacc...

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Main Authors: Sara Cooper, Cornelia Betsch, Evanson Z. Sambala, Nosicelo Mchiza, Charles S. Wiysonge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-10-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
vaccination
immunisation
vaccine hesitancy
vaccine acceptance
vaccine confidence
africa
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1460987

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1460987

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