In this interview, VCP Founder and Co-Director Prof. Heidi J Larson outlines what research tells us about the impact of mandates on vaccine confidence amongst young people.
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The data for the report was collected by The VCP. India, China and Mexico were the only 3 countries out of the 55 surveyed where there was an increase in respondents agreeing that vaccines are important for children to have.
New data collected by The Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and published today by UNICEF indicates a decrease in vaccine confidence in most countries.
The VCP – Africa CDC study suggests there could be reasons for this reduction other than the disruption of vaccination programmes during the pandemic.
Public confidence in vaccines has declined across sub-Saharan Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.
People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF.
People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF.
The European region cannot afford to be complacent in its response to COVID-19. Health authorities, research institutions, and the population still need to mitigate the impact of respiratory pathogens on public health in Europe.
Professor Heidi J. Larson speaks to Science about the potential of COVID-19 vaccine mandates to undermine trust in future public health efforts.
Robert Kanwagi, Research Fellow at the VCP, discusses his work over the past six years on introducing an Ebola vaccine…