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Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses
It has been over a year since South Africa officially began its national COVID-19 vaccination programme. Yet, currently only half of the adult population is fully vaccinated. While supply-related challenges continue to contribute to suboptimal vaccination coverage, so too does vaccine hesitancy. Dra...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9746356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35993844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2107851 |
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author | Cooper, Sara van Rooyen, Heidi Wiysonge, Charles S. |
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description | It has been over a year since South Africa officially began its national COVID-19 vaccination programme. Yet, currently only half of the adult population is fully vaccinated. While supply-related challenges continue to contribute to suboptimal vaccination coverage, so too does vaccine hesitancy. Drawing on research conducted over the last year, we highlight some overarching insights around the nature and drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa and how this complex phenomenon might be addressed. We have found multiple socio-economic and political root causes of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, many of which are not knowledge-related. These include inter alia fear and uncertainty, practical challenges around access, experiences of poverty and marginalization, and the ongoing geopolitics surrounding the pandemic. Intervention strategies therefore need to form part of broader development and trust-building measures that focus on relationships, transparency, inclusion, equity and justice. This is essential if we hope to bolster acceptance of and demand for vaccines during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-97463562022-12-14 Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses Cooper, Sara van Rooyen, Heidi Wiysonge, Charles S. Hum Vaccin Immunother Coronavirus – Article Commentary It has been over a year since South Africa officially began its national COVID-19 vaccination programme. Yet, currently only half of the adult population is fully vaccinated. While supply-related challenges continue to contribute to suboptimal vaccination coverage, so too does vaccine hesitancy. Drawing on research conducted over the last year, we highlight some overarching insights around the nature and drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa and how this complex phenomenon might be addressed. We have found multiple socio-economic and political root causes of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, many of which are not knowledge-related. These include inter alia fear and uncertainty, practical challenges around access, experiences of poverty and marginalization, and the ongoing geopolitics surrounding the pandemic. Intervention strategies therefore need to form part of broader development and trust-building measures that focus on relationships, transparency, inclusion, equity and justice. This is essential if we hope to bolster acceptance of and demand for vaccines during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Taylor & Francis 2022-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9746356/ /pubmed/35993844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2107851 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
spellingShingle | Coronavirus – Article Commentary Cooper, Sara van Rooyen, Heidi Wiysonge, Charles S. Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses |
title | Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses |
title_full | Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses |
title_fullStr | Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses |
title_full_unstemmed | Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses |
title_short | Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses |
title_sort | addressing covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in south africa- moving beyond a reliance on information-based responses |
topic | Coronavirus – Article Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9746356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35993844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2107851 |
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