ArticleClinical and experimental vaccine research2021
A nationwide survey of the potential acceptance and determinants of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana.
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- Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Black Populations: A Systematic Review of Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and associated factors in 13 African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- An econometric examination of vaccine hesitancy among residents and their dependents in urban Ghana.Health economics review · 2025Review
- Factors affecting equitable access and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Community-level determinants of RTS,S/AS01 vaccine acceptance in a hyperendemic Ghanaian Region: A Bayesian multilevel analysis from Kpando Municipality, Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare personnel in a secondary-level health facility in Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its predictors among healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2025Article
- COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Associated Factors Among Persons With Disabilities in Ghana's Ashanti Region.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Modelling the impact of vaccination on COVID-19 in African countries.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Determinants of vaccination decisions and lived experiences of Ghanaians with the COVID-19 pandemic; a qualitative study.Vaccine: X · 2024Article
- Factors associated with Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among persons with disabilities: A cross-sectional study in Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Relative contribution of biomedical, demographic, and socioeconomic factors to COVID-19 vaccine receipt in rural India.PloS one · 2024Article
- Hesitant or not: A cross-sectional study of socio-demographics, conspiracy theories, trust in public health information, social capital and vaccine hesitancy among older adults in Ghana.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- Quantitative Synthesis of Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Vaccine Hesitancy in 185 Countries.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing the Intention and Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccines on the African Continent: A Scoping Review.Vaccines · 2023Article
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- COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Knowledge, attitude and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents in rural communities in Ghana: a multi-regional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeSafe and effective vaccine together with better treatment remains one of the strategic exist of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As in many other countries worldwide, the government of Ghana has expressed its commitment to procuring globally approved and accepted vaccines. This preliminary study aims to analyses these factors that could impact the choice of the vaccine in Ghana. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,000 Ghanaian respondents from the 14th October to the 12th of December 2020. A structured questionnaire after a series of literature review and was transcribed unto google forms. Dataset was extracted using Excel ver. 2016 (Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, USA) and imported into IBM SPSS ver. 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) for analysis. Descriptive statistics, cross-tabulations and logistic regression analyses were conducted at p-value <0.05.
resultsThe results showed that 541 (54.1%) of the respondents would opt for the vaccines, 907 (90.7%) trusted the healthcare system and 388 (38.8%) had a high-risk perception of acquiring COVID-19. Our inferential analysis found that being married (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.29; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10-4.78), salary worker (private: aOR, 2.24; 95% CI, 0.85-5.89; government: aOR, 42.58; 95% CI, 14.09-128.61), and high-risk perception (aOR, 5.35; 95% CI, 3.24-8.82) had a higher OR of accepting COVID-19 vaccine.
conclusionAs the government of Ghana prepares to secure COVID-19 vaccines, it is important to understand the state of mind and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the general population. Policymakers and stakeholders should focus on evidence-based community messaging to improve uptake and break the transmission dynamics.
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