ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South Africa: Lessons for Future Pandemics.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Bidirectional associations between influenza and COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in Botswana: a scoping review.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- How well does vaccine literacy predict intention to vaccinate and vaccination status? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Pooled it
- Vaccine Literacy and Vaccination: A Systematic Review.International journal of public health · 2023Pooled it
- Predictors of COVID-19 vaccination status among youth in eThekwini, South Africa: results from the AYAZAZI RIGHTS study.Global health action · 2026Article
- Experiences of COVID-19 survivors in Gauteng province, South Africa: socioecological implications for South Africa's preparedness for future pandemics.Health promotion international · 2026Article
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- A Quantitative Study on Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in a Mandatory Vaccination Workplace Setting in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Factors Influencing COVID-19 Testing Uptake: Insights from Urban and Rural Communities in South Africa.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Infecting minds: socio-contextual drivers of vaccine perceptions and attitudes among young and older adults living in urban and rural areas in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Feasibility of Provision and Vaccine Hesitancy at a Central Hospital COVID-19 Vaccination Site in South Africa after Four Waves of the Pandemic.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of nursing students regarding vaccines.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A survey of unvaccinated adults.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
- Integrating civil liberty and the ethical principle of autonomy in building public confidence to reduce COVID-19 vaccination inequity in Africa.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- COVID-19 vaccine literacy: A scoping review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- Trends in Vaccine Completeness in Children Aged 0-23 Months in Cape Town, South Africa.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Schoolgoing Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Vaccination as a social practice: towards a definition of personal, community, population, and organizational vaccine literacy.BMC public health · 2023Review
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Abstract
Vaccine hesitancy, long considered a global health threat, poses a major barrier to effective roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination. With less than half (45%) of adult South Africans currently fully vaccinated, we identified factors affecting non-uptake of vaccination and vaccine hesitancy in order to identify key groups to be targeted when embarking upon COVID-19 vaccine promotion campaigns. A cross-sectional, anonymous online survey was undertaken among the South African adult population in September 2021. Our research identified race, interactive-critical vaccine literacy, trust in the government's ability to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination programme, flu vaccination status and risk perception for COVID-19 infection as key factors influencing the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination. Respondents who did not trust in the government's ability to roll out vaccination were almost 13 times more likely to be vaccine-hesitant compared to those respondents who did trust the government. Reliable, easy-to-understand information regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines is needed, but it is also important that vaccination promotion and communication strategies include broader trust-building measures to enhance South Africans' trust in the government's ability to roll out vaccination effectively and safely. This may also be the case in other countries where distrust in governments' ability prevails.
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