Vaccine Hesitancy: An Old Phenomenon Still Alive in the COVID Vaccine Era
Abstract
With the introduction of vaccines, mortality and morbidity among children have significantly reduced. While a good proportion of the population accepts the vaccine, still a gap remains in the immunisation coverage in India. A growing number of people are delaying or refusing the vaccines. This phenomenon is called “vaccine hesitancy.†In spite of the tremendous effort to develop an effective COVID 19 vaccine, a major deterrent for coverage of the same is vaccine hesitancy towards the approved and future COVID-19 vaccination. Consideration and addressing the determinants for such hesitancy is the need of the hour to surge the vaccine coverage. The databases were searched for English- language articles. The data were extracted from PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar databases and websites including WHO, UNICEF etc. Keywords such as vaccine hesitancy, vaccine acceptance, parents, confidence, counselling etc were used. This review was done to explore the history and factors responsible for vaccine hesitancy.
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Jasmine M, Suganthi S, Chellaiyan VG. Vaccine Hesitancy: An Old Phenomenon Still Alive in the COVID Vaccine Era. Special Issue - COVID-19 & Other Communicable Disease. 2022;215-221.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/0019.5138.202234
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