Vaccine hesitancy is the delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination, where vaccination services are available. In 2019, the World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the 10 greatest threats to global health. Vaccine hesitancy has resulted in outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases. In today’s episode of Pasha, Charles Shey Wiysonge, director of Cochrane South Africa, and Sara Cooper, a senior scientist at Cochrane South Africa, both at the South African Medical Research Council, take us through their research on vaccine hesitancy and strategies to overcome it. Photo:“patient does not agree to put the vaccine, vaccination.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 14, 2021 15:08 UTC