Suzanna Awang Bono|Edlaine Faria de Moura Villela|Ching Sin Siau|Won Sun Chen|Supa Pengpid|M. Tasdik Hasan|Philippe Sessou|John Ditekemena|Bob Omoda Amodan|Mina C. Hosseinipour|Housseini Dolo|Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo|Wah Yun Low|Robert Colebunders
Factors Affecting COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance: An International Survey among Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Universiti Sains Malaysia|Universidade Federal de Goiás|National University of Malaysia|Swinburne University of Technology|Mahidol University|Child Health Research Foundation|University of Liverpool|Université d'Abomey-Calavi|University of Kinshasa|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of Malawi|University of Antwerp|University of Malaya|University of Antwerp
vaccination fast becoming key intervention ongoing covid19 pandemic conducted crosssectional online surveys investigate covid19 vaccine acceptance across nine low middleincome countries lmics n 10183 assuming vaccine effectiveness 90 95 prevalence vaccine acceptance increased 764 90 effectiveness 888 95 effectiveness considering 90 effective vaccine malaysia thailand bangladesh five african countries democratic republic congo benin uganda malawi mali lower acceptance odds compared brazil individuals perceived taking vaccine important protect highest acceptance odds aor 249 95 effectivenessvaccine acceptance also positively associated covid19 knowledge worryfear regarding covid19 higher income younger age testing negative covid19 however chronic disease female gender reduced odds vaccine acceptance main reasons underpinning vaccine refusal fear side effects 412 lack confidence vaccine effectiveness 151 research needed identify countryspecific reasons vaccine hesitancy order develop mitigation strategies would ensure high equitable vaccination coverage across lmics