Sub-Saharan Africa – What is driving COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa? (World Bank blogs)

August 12, 2021

Figure 1 – Compilation of available estimates for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in different African countries (some countries have multiple estimates).

NEIA PRATA MENEZES, MULOONGO SIMUZINGILI, ZELALEM YILMA DEBEBE, FEDJA PIVODIC, ERNEST MASSIAH

As African countries accelerate the deployment of COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccines, the issue of vaccine hesitancy looms. Globally, there has been a rise in general vaccine hesitancy but especially towards COVID-19 vaccines. In Africa, hesitancy must be viewed in the context of significant vaccine shortage; hesitancy does not explain fully the low vaccination rates in Africa. The slow vaccine rollout on the continent is due to supply constraints, structural issues, and logistical barriers.

What is driving COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa? (worldbank.org)

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Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

Sub-Saharan Africa – What is driving COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa? (World Bank blogs)

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