The central importance of vaccines to global health is why we devoted a question series in the Wellcome Global Monitor to understanding people’s attitudes towards vaccines around the world. The Monitor found that globally, eight in ten people (79%) somewhat or strongly agree that vaccines are safe, while 7% somewhat or strongly disagree.
Many newer vaccines are not centrally funded in China, and therefore people pay for them out-of-pocket. China is investigating whether to increase the range of vaccines that are fully funded by the central government.
Maternal vaccination offers the potential to tackle the sustainable development goal 3 (SDG3) to reduce neonatal and maternal vaccination globally.
In this study we assessed the overall state of confidence in vaccines among the public in all 27 EU member states.
This survey examines perceptions of vaccine importance, safety, effectiveness, and religious compatibility among 65,819 individuals across 67 countries.
In March 2012, the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy was convened to define the term ”vaccine hesitancy”, as well as…
Few published studies permit global comparisons of vaccination sentiments and behaviours against a common metric.
This report introduces the Vaccine Confidence Index™ (VCI) global mapping project, including results from the first five countries surveyed: Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Georgia, and the…