dc.contributor.author |
Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa
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dc.contributor.author |
Nachipo, Brian
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dc.contributor.author |
Phiri, Bright
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dc.contributor.author |
Musuka, Godfrey
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-04-29T13:09:50Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-04-29T13:09:50Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021-03 |
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dc.description.abstract |
South Africa became one of the first African countries to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. As
the rest of Africa prepares to receive COVID-19 vaccines, most countries in Africa have set up nationallevel coordination committees for developing national vaccination deployment plans. While the
main focus of these committees has been on setting up strategies that facilitate the swift distribution
of COVID-19 vaccines once they are available, the role of effective public health awareness should
not be ignored. Countries must devise strategies on how best to enhance public understanding and
curb misinformation about the vaccines. With this viewpoint, we unpack the threat of COVID-19
vaccine hesitancy and offer recommendations for COVID-19 vaccine communication strategies in the
South African and Zimbabwean contexts. |
en_US |
dc.description.department |
School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) |
en_US |
dc.description.librarian |
pm2022 |
en_US |
dc.description.uri |
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines |
en_US |
dc.identifier.citation |
Dzinamarira, T.;
Nachipo, B.; Phiri, B.; Musuka, G.
COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out in South
Africa and Zimbabwe: Urgent Need
to Address Community Preparedness,
Fears and Hesitancy. Vaccines 2021, 9,
250. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030250. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2076-393X (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.3390/ vaccines9030250 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/84988 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
MDPI |
en_US |
dc.rights |
© 2021 by the authors.
Licensee: MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) license. |
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dc.subject |
Vaccine |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Hesitancy |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Africa |
en_US |
dc.subject |
COVID-19 pandemic |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
en_US |
dc.title |
COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in South Africa and Zimbabwe : urgent need to address community preparedness, fears and hesitancy |
en_US |
dc.type |
Article |
en_US |