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Examining Vaccine Hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of the Knowledge and Attitudes among Adults to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in Ghana.
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89 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 148 citations in OpenAlex.
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- An econometric examination of vaccine hesitancy among residents and their dependents in urban Ghana.Health economics review · 2025Review
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- Predictors of COVID-19 vaccination intention among students in Ghana: An application of the Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behaviour.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Factors affecting equitable access and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its predictors among healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2025Article
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- How to increase acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among poor people in Africa?International journal of health economics and management · 2024Article
- Vaccine hesitancy and trust in sub-Saharan Africa.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Lay beliefs of COVID-19 vaccine refusal among intercity commercial drivers in the Volta region of Ghana: recommendations for improved vaccine uptake.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2024Article
- Views of Nigerian civil servants about compulsory COVID-19 vaccination: A qualitative study.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The impact of COVID-19 vaccination programmes on disease transmission, morbidity and mortality relies heavily on the population's willingness to accept the vaccine. We explore Ghanaian adult citizens' vaccine hesitancy attitudes and identify the likelihood of participation or non-participation in the government's effort to get citizens vaccinated. A fully anonymised cross-sectional online survey of 2345 adult Ghanaians was conducted from 23 to 28 February 2021. Differences in intentions regarding COVID-19 vaccination were explored using Pearson Chi-square tests. Additionally, multinomial logistic regression was used to analyse the factors associated with willingness to receive vaccines. Responses were weighted using the iterative proportional fitting technique to generate a representative sample. About half (51%) of mostly urban adult Ghanaians over 15 years are likely to take the COVID-19 vaccine if made generally available. Almost a fifth (21%) of the respondents were unlikely to take the vaccine, while another 28% were undecided. Additionally, we find differences in vaccine hesitancy among some socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, and primary sources of information. Attaining the proverbial 63% to 70% herd immunity threshold in Ghana is only possible if the preventive vaccination programmes are combined with an enhanced and coordinated public education campaign. Such a campaign should focus on promoting the individual and population-level benefits of vaccination and pre-emptive efforts towards addressing misinformation about vaccines.
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