Despite being recognized as one of the most successful public health measures, vaccination
is perceived as unsafe and unnecessary by a growing number of individuals. Lack of …

Vaccine hesitancy is an emerging term in the socio-medical literature which describes an
approach to vaccine decision making. It recognizes that there is a continuum between full …

Vaccination, despite being recognized as one of the most effective primary public health
measures, is viewed as unsafe and unnecessary by an increasing number of individuals …

An often-stated public health comment is that “vaccination is a victim of its own success.”
While the scientific and medical consensus on the benefits of vaccination is clear and …

“Vaccine hesitancy” is a concept now frequently used in vaccination discourse. The
increased popularity of this concept in both academic and public health circles is …

Abstract “Vaccine hesitancy” is a concept used frequently in vaccination discourse and is
challenging previously held perspective that individual vaccination attitudes and behaviours …

Highlights•Vaccination prevents 2–3 million deaths a year.•Vaccine hesitancy and refusal
has caused a resurgence in preventable diseases.•Interventions for vaccines need to be …

As did SARS or Ebola in the past, the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) highlights the
vulnerabilities of humans in front of emerging infectious diseases. Given the lack of curative …

The term vaccine hesitancy refers to delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite the
availability of vaccination services. Different factors influence vaccine hesitancy and these …

Abstract In March 2012, the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy was convened to
define the term “vaccine hesitancy”, as well as to map the determinants of vaccine hesitancy …