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.
Vaccine confidence in Indonesia is high compared to other countries. The latest data we have for Indonesia is from surveys conducted in 2019 which showed that 88% of people feel that vaccines are safe and 86% think they are effective. 89% of those surveyed said they believe it’s important for children to have vaccines and 69% feel that vaccines are compatible with their religious beliefs.
Between October 31, 2020 and December 15, 2020, 26,759 individuals were surveyed across 32 countries via nationally representative survey designs.
This report outlines the methods and the findings of the VCP’s research, which was conducted to support The Learning Network for Countries in Transition countries in assessing and addressing their vaccine hesitancy issues and in building vaccine confidence capabilities.
LNCT is a platform dedicated to supporting countries as they transition away from Gavi support to full domestic financing of their national immunisation programs.