Vaccine hesitancy – a potential threat to the achievements of vaccination programmes in Africa
Vaccination programmes in Africa have made extraordinary progress over the last four decades. Yet, vaccine hesitancy threatens to erode these gains. Vaccine hesitancy is a continuum between vaccine acceptance and refusal. A growing number of people in Africa are delaying or refusing recommended vacc...
| Published in: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics |
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| Main Authors: | Sara Cooper, Cornelia Betsch, Evanson Z. Sambala, Nosicelo Mchiza, Charles S. Wiysonge |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2018-10-01
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1460987 |
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