COVID-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in the Limbe Health district of Cameroon

Abstract

Several efforts are made to control spread of COVID-19. Vaccines are one of the tools currently used to control spread of the disease. This study aimed to assess the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and determinants among healthcare workers in the Limbe health district of Cameroon. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 405 health workers in selected health facilities. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruit participants and Chi-square and logistic regression were used to analyze data. Their mean age was 34.67±7.32 years. The findings revealed that only 27.4% of healthcare workers had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and just 23.2% were fully vaccinated. The uptake of the booster was just 4.4%. Among those who received the vaccine, the distribution was as follows: 11.7% received AstraZeneca, 63.1% received Johnson and Johnson, 13.5% received Pfizer, and 3.6% received Sinopharm. Factors associated to the vaccine uptake were sex (AOR=0.