This year, the World Health Organization named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 global health threats, alongside threats as grave as climate change, antimicrobial resistance, Ebola virus, and the next influenza pandemic. What happened? How did vaccine reluctance and refusal become such a major risk?
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This information session hosted by the Steering Group on Influenza Vaccination will aim to introduce the EU Flu Day project and this year’s campaign toolkit, in view of the EU Flu Day 2023 coming up in October.
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The IRIS Academic Research Group was founded by some of the world’s leading researchers and academic institutions and launched in June 2021 at the inaugural Global Vaccine Confidence Summit as part of the UK government’s G7 Presidency.
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EBODAC (Ebola Vaccine Deployment, Acceptance and Compliance) was set up to develop strategies and tools to encourage acceptance and uptake of new Ebola vaccines in the context of clinical trials.
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Vaccine confidence in Nigeria is high compared to other countries. The latest data we have for Nigeria is from surveys conducted in 2022 which showed that 81% of people feel that vaccines are safe and 82% think they are effective. 81% of those surveyed said they believe it’s important for children to have vaccines and 78% feel that vaccines are compatible with their religious beliefs.
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Overview Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vaccine Confidence Project teamed up with YouTube and other health partners to reach people with credible information…
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In 2018, the European Commission engaged the Vaccine Confidence Project to create the first “State of Vaccine Confidence in the EU” report. Since then, the VCP has conducted bi-annual research to map and monitor public attitudes to vaccines across the region and examine trends over time.