ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2022
Prevalence and factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Zambia: a web-based cross-sectional study.
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- Vaccine hesitancy in context of COVID-19 in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and associated factors in 13 African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy among women of reproductive age in Mozambique.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Motivation, Cues to Action, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Application of the Health Belief Model among Women in Rural Zambia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Relative contribution of biomedical, demographic, and socioeconomic factors to COVID-19 vaccine receipt in rural India.PloS one · 2024Article
- Quantitative Synthesis of Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Vaccine Hesitancy in 185 Countries.Vaccines · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers in Lusaka, Zambia; Findings and Implications for the Future.Vaccines · 2023Article
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- Factors influencing COVID-19 health protective behaviours in Zambian university students with symptoms of low mood.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
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- Awareness and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines and associated factors among pharmacy students in Zambia.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2022Article
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- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic across Africa: Current Status of Vaccinations and Implications for the Future.Vaccines · 2022Article
- Psychological impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on health professions students at the University of Zambia: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Knowledge and practices toward COVID-19 among healthcare students: A cross-sectional study at the University of Zambia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Introduction: vaccinations against COVID-19 have been instituted to contain the pandemic. However, information about the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines in Zambia is lacking. Therefore, the study assessed the prevalence and factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among the general population in Zambia. Methods: this was an online questionnaire-based cross-sectional study conducted from 13 Results: of the 677 participants, only 33.4% (n = 226) would accept the vaccine if made available to them. In multivariable regression analysis, respondents who were older than 41 years compared to the 18 to 23 years age group (aOR: 2.77, 95% CI: 1.03-7.48), those who agreed (aOR; 22.85, 95% CI: 11.49-45.49) or did not know (aOR; 3.73, 95% CI: 2.29-6.07) compared to those who disagreed that the COVID-19 vaccine passed through all the necessary stages to ensure its safety and effectiveness, and those who were aware (aOR; 11.13, 95% CI: 5.31-23.35) compared to those who were not aware that the COVID-19 vaccine reduces virus transmission, were more likely to accept the vaccine. Conversely, entrepreneurs compared to government employees (aOR; 0.24, 95% CI: 0.07-0.79) were less likely to accept vaccination. Conclusion: awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine was high despite low acceptability levels. These findings are significant as they highlight the need to develop strategies for improving vaccine acceptability in Zambia.
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