Evaluation of Conspiracy Beliefs, Vaccine Hesitancy, and Willingness to Pay towards COVID-19 Vaccines in Six Countries from Asian and African Regions : A Large Multinational Analysis

Vaccination protects people from serious illness and associated complications. Conspiracy theories and misinformation on vaccines have been rampant during the COVID-19 pandemic and are considered significant drivers of vaccine hesitancy. Since vaccine hesitancy can undermine efforts to immunize the...

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Hauptverfasser: Salman, Muhammad, Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain, Tanveer, Nida, Shehzadi, Naureen, Khan, Humaira Majeed, Ul Mustafa, Zia, Khan, Tahir Mehmood, Hussain, Khalid, Mohamed, Malik Suliman, Maqbool, Faheem, Aftab, Raja Ahsan, Hammad Butt, Muhammad, Panda, Dibya Sundar, Alotaibi, Nasser Hadal, Khedr, Amgad I. M, Alanazi, Abdullah Salah, Alatawi, Ahmed D, Alzarea, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, Sulatana, Kishwar, Khan, Yusra Habib
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Zusammenfassung:Vaccination protects people from serious illness and associated complications. Conspiracy theories and misinformation on vaccines have been rampant during the COVID-19 pandemic and are considered significant drivers of vaccine hesitancy. Since vaccine hesitancy can undermine efforts to immunize the population against COVID-19 and interferes with the vaccination rate, this study aimed to ascertain the COVID-19-vaccine-related conspiracy beliefs, vaccine hesitancy, views regarding vaccine mandates, and willingness to pay for vaccines among the general population. A web-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted (April-August 2021) among the adult population in six countries (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, India, Malaysia, Sudan, and Egypt). Participants were recruited using an exponential, non-discriminate snowball sampling method. A validated self-completed electronic questionnaire was used for the data collection. All the participants responded to questions on various domains of the study instrument, including conspiracy beliefs, vaccine hesitancy, and willingness to pay. The responses were scored according to predefined criteria and stratified into various groups. All data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 22. A total of 2481 responses were included in the study (Pakistan 24.1%, Saudi Arabia 19.5%, India 11.6%, Malaysia 8.1%, Sudan 19.3%, and Egypt 17.3%). There was a preponderance of participants
DOI:10.3390/vaccines10111866