Leveraging media and health communication strategies to overcome the COVID-19 infodemic

N Mheidly, J Fares - Journal of public health policy, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a complementary infodemic, whereby various outlets
and digital media portals shared false information and unsourced recommendations on …

Vaccines for COVID-19: The current state of play

A Koirala, YJ Joo, A Khatami, C Chiu… - Paediatric respiratory …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a strong consensus globally that a COVID-19 vaccine is likely the most effective
approach to sustainably controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. An unprecedented research …

Mapping global trends in vaccine confidence and investigating barriers to vaccine uptake: a large-scale retrospective temporal modelling study

A De Figueiredo, C Simas, E Karafillakis, P Paterson… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background There is growing evidence of vaccine delays or refusals due to a lack of trust in
the importance, safety, or effectiveness of vaccines, alongside persisting access issues …

Knowledge, attitude and acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine: a global cross-sectional study

DKA Mannan, KM Farhana - International Research Journal of …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, with the United States being highly
affected. A vaccine provides the best hope for a permanent solution to controlling the …

COVID-19 vaccine brand hesitancy and other challenges to vaccination in the Philippines

AML Amit, VCF Pepito… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Effective and safe COVID-19 vaccines have been developed at a rapid and unprecedented
pace to control the spread of the virus, and prevent hospitalisations and deaths. However …

Immunization: vital progress, unfinished agenda

P Piot, HJ Larson, KL O'Brien, J N'kengasong, E Ng… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Vaccination against infectious diseases has changed the future of the human species,
saving millions of lives every year, both children and adults, and providing major benefits to …

Medical populism

G Lasco, N Curato - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Medical emergencies are staple features of today's 24/7 culture of breaking news. As politics
becomes increasingly stylised, audiences fragmented, and established knowledge claims …

Vaccine hesitancy in low-and middle-income countries: potential implications for the COVID-19 response

S Bhopal, M Nielsen - Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, children are relatively spared by the direct effects of
the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but their role in transmission is less understood. Conclusions on …

Temporal trends in anti-vaccine discourse on Twitter

K Gunaratne, EA Coomes, H Haghbayan - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite vaccination's role in preventing communicable diseases, misinformation threatens
uptake. Social media may disseminate such anti-vaccination messages. We characterized …

Parents' hesitancy towards vaccination in Indonesia: A cross-sectional study in Indonesia

A Yufika, AL Wagner, Y Nawawi, N Wahyuniati… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Hesitancy towards vaccination has been studied as a barrier to vaccination
among children, as well as participation in vaccine trials. This study aimed to investigate …