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Examining Vaccine Hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of the Knowledge and Attitudes among Adults to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in Ghana.
Acheampong, Theophilus; Akorsikumah, Eli A; Osae-Kwapong, John; Khalid, Musah; Appiah, Alfred; Amuasi, John H.
  • Acheampong T; iRIS Research Consortium, 6 Ashur Suites, North Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • Akorsikumah EA; Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, University for Development Studies, Nyankpala-Tamale P.O. Box 1350, Ghana.
  • Osae-Kwapong J; iRIS Research Consortium, 6 Ashur Suites, North Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • Khalid M; iRIS Research Consortium, 6 Ashur Suites, North Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • Appiah A; iRIS Research Consortium, 6 Ashur Suites, North Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  • Amuasi JH; Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi 00233, Ghana.
Vaccines (Basel) ; 9(8)2021 Jul 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1325808
ABSTRACT
The impact of COVID-19 vaccination programmes on disease transmission, morbidity and mortality relies heavily on the population's willingness to accept the vaccine. We explore Ghanaian adult citizens' vaccine hesitancy attitudes and identify the likelihood of participation or non-participation in the government's effort to get citizens vaccinated. A fully anonymised cross-sectional online survey of 2345 adult Ghanaians was conducted from 23 to 28 February 2021. Differences in intentions regarding COVID-19 vaccination were explored using Pearson Chi-square tests. Additionally, multinomial logistic regression was used to analyse the factors associated with willingness to receive vaccines. Responses were weighted using the iterative proportional fitting technique to generate a representative sample. About half (51%) of mostly urban adult Ghanaians over 15 years are likely to take the COVID-19 vaccine if made generally available. Almost a fifth (21%) of the respondents were unlikely to take the vaccine, while another 28% were undecided. Additionally, we find differences in vaccine hesitancy among some socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, and primary sources of information. Attaining the proverbial 63% to 70% herd immunity threshold in Ghana is only possible if the preventive vaccination programmes are combined with an enhanced and coordinated public education campaign. Such a campaign should focus on promoting the individual and population-level benefits of vaccination and pre-emptive efforts towards addressing misinformation about vaccines.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Vaccines9080814

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Vaccines9080814