Persisting vaccine hesitancy in Africa: the whys, global public health consequences and ways-out—COVID-19 vaccination acceptance rates as case-in-point

EO Njoga, OJ Awoyomi, OS Onwumere-Idolor… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is the seventh among the WHO's top 10 threats to global public
health, which has continued to perpetuate the transmission of vaccine preventable diseases …

Ongoing efforts to improve antimicrobial utilization in hospitals among African countries and implications for the future

Z Saleem, B Godman, A Cook, MA Khan, SM Campbell… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are serious concerns with rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across countries
increasing morbidity, mortality and costs. These concerns have resulted in a plethora of …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic across Africa: current status of vaccinations and implications for the future

OO Ogunleye, B Godman, JO Fadare, S Mudenda… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The introduction of effective vaccines in December 2020 marked a significant step forward in
the global response to COVID-19. Given concerns with access, acceptability, and hesitancy …

Mpox in Nigeria: perceptions and knowledge of the disease among critical stakeholders—Global public health consequences

OJ Awoyomi, EO Njoga, IF Jaja, FA Oyeleye… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The mpox (monkeypox) disease is a re-emerging viral zoonosis of international
concern that is endemic in parts of Africa. The mpox virus (MPXV), which was hitherto largely …

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in six geopolitical zones in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey

BO Ogunbosi, MA Alao, OR Ibrahim, AC Ayuk… - Pan African Medical …, 2022 - ajol.info
Introduction: the high expectations that heralded the development of COVID-19 vaccines
has been plagued with vaccine hesitancy (VH). The prevalence and associated factors of …

Acceptance‐Hesitancy of COVID‐19 Vaccination and Factors Affecting It in Adults: Systematic Review Study

A Darbandi, M Koupaei, P Kiani… - Immunity …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite the advent of vaccines against COVID‐19, there is considerable
variation in the acceptance and hesitancy towards the vaccination program across different …

COVID-19 vaccine Hesitancy: a content analysis of Nigerian YouTube videos

M Sadiq, S Croucher, D Dutta - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vaccination is key to developing herd immunity against COVID-19; however, the attitude of
Nigerians towards being vaccinated stalled at the 70% vaccination target. This study …

COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among community members and health workers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: study protocol for a concurrent-independent mixed …

UI Omale, O Iyare, RL Ewah, CI Amuzie, OU Oka… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has gravely affected the lives and economies of the
global population including Nigeria. The attainment of herd immunity through mass COVID …

Why do people consent to receiving SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations? A representative survey in Germany

H Walach, M Ofner, V Ruof, M Herbig, RJ Klement - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To answer the question: Why do people consent to being vaccinated with novel
vaccines against SARS-CoV-2? Design Representative survey. Setting Online panel …

Effect of health insurance uptake on hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria: A recursive bivariate probit and decomposition estimation

AS Oyekale - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Moral hazard remains one of the major challenges of health insurance administration. This
paper recursively analyzed the effect of health insurance on the willingness to take COVID …