Country: Congo

Heidi Larson, Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project and Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science and researcher Sara…

The VCP-Africa CDC working group has been conducting quantitative research in multiple waves from 2020 to 2022.

In this large-scale multi-country study, we explored intent to accept a COVID-19 vaccine and the socio-demographic and emotional determinants of uptake for 17 countries.

Vaccine confidence in Congo Brazzaville is average compared to other countries. The data we have for Congo Brazzaville is from surveys conducted in 2018 which showed that 56% of people feel that vaccines are safe and 68% think they are effective. 71% of those surveyed said they believe it’s important for children to have vaccines.

The IRIS Academic Research Group was founded by some of the world’s leading researchers and academic institutions and launched in June 2021 at the inaugural Global Vaccine Confidence Summit as part of the UK government’s G7 Presidency.

EBODAC (Ebola Vaccine Deployment, Acceptance and Compliance) was set up to develop strategies and tools to encourage acceptance and uptake of new Ebola vaccines in the context of clinical trials.

In 2019, the EBODAC team developed and piloted the 3C Gap Analysis Tool to help establish a countries readiness for Ebola vaccine deployment in non-emergency…