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Public acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines and its predictors in Middle ‎Eastern/North African (MENA) countries: a systematic review‎

Authors :
Omid Dadras
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi
Amirali Karimi
Ahmadreza Shamsabadi
Sara Mahdiabadi
Parsa Mohammadi
Ava Amiri
Alireza Shojaei
Zahra Pashaei
Pegah Mirzapour
Kowsar Qaderi
Mehrzad MohsseniPour
Sanam Alilou
Esmaeil Mehraeen
Shayesteh Jahanfar
Source :
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 18, Iss 5 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Abstract

Introduction COVID-19 vaccines emerged as a worldwide hope to contain the pandemic. However, many people ‎are still hesitant to receive these vaccines. We aimed to systematically review the public knowledge, perception, and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries and the predictors of vaccine acceptability in this region. Methods We systematically searched databases of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane and retrieved ‎all relevant studies by 5 August 2021. Results There was a considerable variation in the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance ‎rates, from 12% in a study from Israel to 83.3% in Kuwait, although two other studies from Israel mentioned 75% ‎and 82.2% acceptability rates. Concerns about the side effects and safety of the vaccine were the main reasons for ‎the lack of acceptability of taking the vaccine, which was reported in 19 studies. ‎ Conclusion Several factors, such as age, gender, education level, and comorbidities, ‎are worthy of attention as they could expand vaccine coverage in the target population.‎

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21645515 and 2164554X
Volume :
18
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f030eb684e224595988ef7290ad55640
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2043719