Topic: Vaccine Hesitancy

As founding director of The Vaccine Confidence Project, Professor Heidi Larson knows a few things about building…

There’s been a worrying decline in diphtheria, polio and measles jabs. We should heed the lessons of COVID-19.

The rise of alternative health practices and a quest for purity can partly explain the falling confidence in…

Professor Heidi J. Larson joins Pandemic Planet to discuss how national security threats associated with low confidence in vaccines have changed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this perspective, we argue that the epidemiological and social crises brought about by COVID-19 have magnified widely held social anxieties and trust issues that, in the unique circumstances of this global pandemic, have exacerbated scepticism toward vaccines.

This article argues that increased efforts should be placed on developing mechanisms for sharing lessons learnt about strategies that have successfully increased confidence in vaccination in Europe and globally.

“There is no silver bullet” to counter mistrust but we must listen to people’s concerns and frustrations, rather than engaging in…

Dr. Pauline Paterson talks to The Guardian about how to communicate around…

Macron is battling a unique history of vaccine hesitancy, borne out of a series of mismanaged and bungled medical events, according to…

Vaccine hesitancy is prevalent in all demographic groups and settings; however, it remains vastly understudied in low-income and middle-income regions.

Confidence in vaccine safety varies across countries but public confidence in safety is consistently lower than…

It is an incredible scientific and collective achievement that we have not just one vaccine against COVID-19, but multiple…