Acceptance of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine among medical students in Uganda.

Andrew Marvin KanyikeRonald OlumJonathan KajjimuDaniel OjilongGabriel Madut AkechDianah Rhoda NassoziDrake AgiraNicholas Kisaakye WamalaAsaph AsiimweDissan MatovuAnn Babra NakimuliMusilim LyavalaPatricia KulwenzaJoshua KiwumuloFelix Bongomin

Published in: Tropical medicine and health (2021)

This study revealed low levels of acceptance towards the COVID-19 vaccine among medical students, low self-perceived risks of COVID-19, and many had relied on social media that provided them with negative information. This poses an evident risk on the battle towards COVID-19 in the future especially when these future health professions are expected to be influencing decisions of the general public towards the same.

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