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.
Overview The global community of practice around HPV vaccination is not formalised to cut across multiple disciplines, and thought leaders from low-…
Overview Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the fourth biggest cause of mortality amongst women in Brazil according to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) but COVID-19…
Years of lies and rumours about COVID have had a contagion effect, damaging public acceptance of all vaccines, said…
Johnson & Johnson Global Public Health has created a series of unbranded research-based tools to equip vaccine confidence efforts in Africa.
It’s so easy to think “vaccine-derived” means that people contract polio from the vaccine itself.
In this review article, examples of hesitancy regarding the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), human papillomavirus (HPV), and COVID-19 vaccines are used to explore the multifaceted issues that fuel vaccine hesitancy. Each of these examples is part of a larger, more complex story.
Johnson & Johnson Global Public Health has worked with Fraym to create a series of geospatial mapping reports aimed at improving hyper-local understanding of vaccine hesitancy across sub-saharan Africa.
Prof Hannah Fry meets seven unvaccinated people to investigate why around four million adults remain unvaccinated against Covid-19, and to find out…
This briefing provides an overview of a roundtable discussion held by the VCP, Africa CDC and on the ground partners in…
Japan has one of the highest vaccine hesitancy rates in the world. However, few studies have assessed how mobile messenger apps affect COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. This study used a cross-sectional survey to assess the impact of text messages from Corowa-kun – a free chatbot – on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy amongst users.
As founding director of The Vaccine Confidence Project, Professor Heidi Larson knows a few things about building…