This year, the World Health Organization named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 global health threats, alongside threats as grave as climate change, antimicrobial…
Author: Schulz, WS
Vaccine acceptance depends on public trust and confidence in the safety and efficacy of vaccines and immunisation, the health system, healthcare professionals and…
This study examined the media messages put forth by different stakeholders in two Ebola vaccine trials that became controversial in Ghana.
In March 2012, the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy was convened to define the term ”vaccine hesitancy”, as well as…
The term “vaccine hesitancy” (VH) is increasingly used to describe the spread of such vaccine reluctance.
Few published studies permit global comparisons of vaccination sentiments and behaviours against a common metric.
This report introduces the Vaccine Confidence Index™ (VCI) global mapping project, including results from the first five countries surveyed: Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Georgia, and the…