The latest WHO/UNICEF estimates of national childhood immunisation coverage have revealed the largest declines in routine immunisation uptake globally in three decades. Through a large-scale retrospective modelling study, we investigate the extent to which vaccine confidence has changed globally using pre- and post-pandemic.
The State of the World’s Children 2023 was developed in collaboration with VCP and using Vaccine Confidence Index data. It reveals that public perception of the importance of vaccines for children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in 52 out of 55 countries studied.
In 2018, the European Commission engaged the Vaccine Confidence Project to create the first “State of Vaccine Confidence in the EU” report. Since then, the VCP has conducted bi-annual research to map and monitor public attitudes to vaccines across the region and examine trends over time.
Vaccine confidence in Croatia is average compared to other countries. The latest data we have for Croatia is from surveys conducted in 2022 which showed that 68% of people feel that vaccines are safe and 74% think they are effective. 60% of those surveyed said they believe it’s important for children to have vaccines and 63% feel that vaccines are compatible with their religious beliefs.
Read the 2022 instalment of the VCPs bi-annual research report “The State of Vaccine Confidence in the EU,” which monitors public attitudes to vaccines across the continent.
Overview The Vaccine Confidence Project and its partners aimed to improve COVID-19 vaccine confidence…
Between October 31, 2020 and December 15, 2020, 26,759 individuals were surveyed across 32 countries via nationally representative survey designs.
Our 2020 study investigated public perceptions towards the importance, safety, and effectiveness of vaccines as well as the perceptions towards the safety…
Read the 2020 instalment of the VCPs bi-annual research report “The State of Vaccine Confidence in the EU & UK,” which monitors public attitudes to vaccines across the continent.
In this study we assessed the overall state of confidence in vaccines among the public in all 27 EU member states.
In this first instalment of the VCPs bi-annual “State of Vaccine Confidence in the EU” report, we found public perceptions towards vaccines are largely positive.
In this study we assessed the overall state of confidence in vaccines among the public in all 27 EU member states.