Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries (The Conversation)

The Conversation published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen and co-authors on the importance of child vaccinations. What was found in their research, Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa, is that although immunization saves millions of lives each year, progress in vaccine coverage remains highly uneven, both between and within countries. Despite considerable progress over the past two decades, the situation is particularly worrying in Africa. Nearly half of the world’s unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children live in this region.  Republished in AllAfrica Web Publications, SABC (South Africa), Polity (South Africa), Foreign Affairs (New Zealand), Global Advisors (South Africa), TransAfricaRadio, Down to Earth (India), Street Journal (Ireland), Healthcare Community of South Africa, ENCA (South Africa).