Perceptions toward Ebola vaccination and correlates of vaccine uptake among high-risk community members in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The tenth Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak (2018-2020, North Kivu, Ituri, South Kivu) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was the second-largest EVD outbreak in history. During this outbreak, Ebola vaccination was an integral part of the EVD response. We evaluated community perceptions t...

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Main Authors: Shiromi M Perera, Stephanie Chow Garbern, Eta Ngole Mbong, Monica K Fleming, Rigobert Fraterne Muhayangabo, Arsene Baleke Ombeni, Shibani Kulkarni, Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Ruth Kallay, Elizabeth Song, Jasmine Powell, Monique Gainey, Bailey Glenn, Ruffin Mitume Mutumwa, Stephane Hans Bateyi Mustafa, Giulia Earle-Richardson, Rena Fukunaga, Neetu Abad, Gnakub Norbert Soke, Dimitri Prybylski, David L Fitter, Adam C Levine, Reena H Doshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002566&type=printable