Public opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates was reported globally. This opposition has resulted in diminished uptake of standard childhood vaccines.
Publications
The Vaccine Confidence Project team regularly publishes articles, reviews and other academic writing in leading journals. Our publications analyse global trends in vaccine confidence and provide deep insight into the spatio-temporal dynamics of vaccine confidence across the world.
This study aimed to investigate the uptake status and reasons of childhood influenza vaccination during the pandemic in China.
This article reflects on recent research examining the levels and trends of vaccine confidence over time and across the globe, the drivers influencing confidence, and the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in shaping confidence today.
We conducted a survey experiment randomising exposure to messages about mpox among a sample of the South Korean public (n = 1500) in July 2022.
Heidi Larson, Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project and Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science and researcher Sara…
This report summarises the considerations, recommendations, and suggested strategies discussed during a roundtable session at the 16th Vaccine Congress in Riva del Garda, as prepared by the presenters.
An examination of trends in vaccine confidence across eight sub-Saharan countries between 2020 and 2022.
This article questions the current high level of political and societal complacency towards COVID-19 in Europe and argues that much more strategic attention and investments are needed now to more effectively manage COVID-19.
The latest WHO/UNICEF estimates of national childhood immunisation coverage have revealed the largest declines in routine immunisation uptake globally in three decades. Through a large-scale retrospective modelling study, we investigate the extent to which vaccine confidence has changed globally using pre- and post-pandemic.
Data to guide vaccination and treatment approaches in immunocompromised people are generally lacking and extrapolated from other populations. This review provides a synthesis of expert viewpoints on the issues related to immunocompromised patients in the COVID-19 pandemic era.
Polarized debates about COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine mandates for healthcare workers (HCWs) challenge Belgian HCWs ability to discuss Covid-19 vaccine sentiments with peers and patients.
Our third study of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among 23,000 respondents in 23 countries, surveyed from 29 June to 10 July 2022 found willingness to accept vaccination at 79.1%, up 5.2% from June 2021.