Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from facility surveys across six countries.
Prativa BaralTashrik AhmedPablo Amor FernandezMichael A PetersSalome Henriette Paulette DrouardPierre MuhozaGeorge MwinnyaaCharles MwansamboCharles NzeluMahamadi TassembedoMd Helal UddinChea Sanford WessehMohamed Lamine YansaneJulie Ruel BergeronAlain-Desire KaribwamiTania Inmaculada Ortiz de Zuniga Lopez ChicheriMunirat Iyabode Ayoka OgunlayiIsidore SieleunouTawab HashemiPeter M HansenGil ShapiraPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Our findings indicate that the opportunity to get vaccinated in participating public facilities is almost universal. We find vaccine hesitancy among facility-based HCWs, as reported by respondents, to be very low. This suggests that a potentially effective effort to increase vaccine uptake equitably would be to channel promotional activities through health facilities and HCWs.However, reasons for hesitancy, even if limited, are far from uniform across countries, highlighting the need for audience-specific messaging.