Countering the pandemic threat through global coordination on vaccines: the influenza imperative by Sands, P, Winters, J

“…It also has demonstrated how innovative global public-private partnerships and coordination mechanisms can lead to rapid successes in viral vaccine research, manufacturing, and risk pooling. …”

Proposal for mandatory vaccine-only COVID certification in a Plan B scenario by Forsberg, L, Douglas, T, Black, I

Making vaccination a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector by Forsberg, L, Douglas, T, Black, I

Covid 19 vaccine certification evidence submission to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, 3 May 2021 by Forsberg, L, Black, I, Douglas, T

“…Our evidence submission covers the following matters: a) state-originating vaccine requirements [pages 2-5 paragraphs 12-34] b) private-originating vaccine requirements [pages 5-8 paragraphs 35-52]…”

COVID-19: Preparing for the future: looking ahead to winter 2021/22 and beyond by Holgate, S, Bird, W, Boyle, A, Butler, C, Sigfrid, L

“…To prepare for the winter period and beyond, the priorities over the summer period must be to:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Maximise the speed and uptake of COVID-19 vaccination</strong> in all eligible age groups, and prepare for possible booster vaccines in priority groups and vaccination against influenza later in the year.…”

Policy brief: The suspicious virus: Conspiracies and COVID19 in the Balkans by Bieber, F, Prelec, T, Jović, D, Nechev, Z

“…There is a direct link between support for conspiracy theories and scepticism towards vaccination. A majority across the region does not plan to take the vaccine, a ratio considerably lower than elsewhere in Europe, where a majority favours taking the vaccine. …”

Policy brief: Outta trust? (Post)-pandemic trust and democratic resilience in the Western Balkans by Prelec, T, Vasiljević, J, Džihić, V, Kmezić, M

“…The study finds that the reticence of publics to undergo vaccination is directly linked with mistrust in governments, corroborating earlier research by BiEPAG that warned about the wide diffusion of coronavirus-related conspiracy theories in the region and their relation with vaccine scepticism. …”

An ongoing infodemic: How people in eight countries access news and information about Coronavirus a year into the pandemic by Nielsen, RK, Schulz, A, Fletcher, R

“…We examine how they rate the trustworthiness of the different sources and platforms they rely on, how much misinformation they say they encounter, and how they see vaccines. For six of the countries (where we have comparable data from April 2020), we track changes over the last year. …”

Data matching: Construction of COVID-19 - related variables for Young Lives Peru by Hidalgo, A, Sanchez, A, Zhu, S

“…The authors document the steps taken to create a set of variables that measure the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccine doses applied in the districts where Young Lives participants reside, along with the duration of the lockdown periods they endured. …”

Even low news users say they are willing to take preventive measures against COVID-19 by Kalogeropoulos, A, Fletcher, R, Nielsen, R

“…We find that: (i) a majority of the UK population say they are willing to adopt most preventive measures against coronavirus (e.g. taking tests, self-isolating, wearing face masks, and taking a vaccine if/when available) but only around half are willing to download and use a contact tracing app, (ii) those with higher levels of COVID-19 news use and higher trust in COVID-19 information from the UK government are more willing to adopt preventive measures, but (iii) even those in the lowest news use and lowest government trust groups are mostly still willing to adopt measures to tackle the coronavirus epidemic.…”

Young Lives Preliminary Country Report: Ethiopia by Alemu, T, Asgedom, G, Liebenberg, J, Mekonnen, A, Seager, J, Tefera, B, Woldehanna, T

“…Although there have been improvements in access to maternal and child health-care, many children are still not receiving the vaccinations they require. Education has also seen improvements and overall net primary school enrolment has increased substantially. 66 per cent of children from the ages of seven to twelve remain out of school, however, and further improvements need to be made. …”

Young Lives Preliminary Country Report: Ethiopia. by Alemu, T, Asgedom, G, Liebenberg, J, Mekonnen, A, Seager, J, Tefera, B, Woldehanna, T

“…Although there have been improvements in access to maternal and child health-care, many children are still not receiving the vaccinations they require. Education has also seen improvements and overall net primary school enrolment has increased substantially. 66 per cent of children from the ages of seven to twelve remain out of school, however, and further improvements need to be made. …”