Kathryn L Hopkins, Talya Underwood, Iddi Iddrisu, Hanna Woldemeskel, Helena Ballester Bon, Symen Brouwers, Sofia De Almeida, Natalie Fol, Alka Malhotra, Shalini Prasad, Sowmyaa Bharadwaj, Aarunima Bhatnagar, Stacey Knobler, Gloria Lihemo
Vaccination is critical to minimize serious illness and death from COVID-19. Yet uptake of COVID-19 vaccines remains highly variable, particularly among marginalized communities. This article shares lessons learned from four UNICEF interventions that supported Governments to generate acceptance and demand for COVID-19 vaccines in Zambia, Iraq, Ghana, and India. In Zambia, community rapid assessment provided invaluable real-time insights around COVID-19 vaccination and allowed the identification of population segments that share beliefs and motivations regarding COVID-19 vaccination...
June 30, 2023: Vaccines