Assessing vaccine confidence in low-resource settings to prevent and contain the COVID-19 pandemic

This report uses VCP data from 2015 – May 2021 to assess local barriers and drivers to adult vaccine uptake in Low – Middle Income Countries, with a view to supporting the development of targeted interventions and programs.

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