Vaccination‐hesitancy and vaccination‐inequality as challenges in Pakistan's COVID‐19 response

Perveen, Shama; Akram, Muhammad; Nasar, Asim; Arshad-Ayaz, Adeela; Naseem, Ayaz

doi:10.1002/jcop.22652

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“…While vaccine nationalism and equity of access have been significant issues during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, it is also true that this issue is becoming less apparent over time, particularly in the third demand phase, which many countries are experiencing now. [11][12][13][14] COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has also been a significant issue that has been widely discussed during the rollout of Regionally, the extent of vaccine hesitancy varies significantly across countries and demographics. While concerns for safety, side effects and effectiveness are commonly identified as causes for hesitancy, local community consultation is necessary to understand the extent of and strategies to address vaccine hesitancy.…”

Section: Bmj Global Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Managing the challenges associated with decreasing demand for COVID-19 vaccination in Central and West Asia

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Since the first administration of COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, countries have experienced a range of challenges at different phases of their COVID-19 vaccination programmes. Initially, with limited global COVID-19 vaccine supply, the WHO called for vaccine equity to ensure the most vulnerable people in every country globally had access to vaccine, and COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access was established to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine. However, the aims of these initiatives were challenged as many countries secured earlier access to COVID-19 vaccine with direct agreements with manufacturers. During the early stages of COVID-19 vaccination programmes, the rate of vaccine uptake was determined by number of COVID-19 vaccines approved for use and the manufacturing capacity of the manufacturers of these vaccines. It is a very different situation in 2022, where COVID-19 vaccination coverage is no longer determined by access to supply and manufacturers are reducing or stopping production of vaccines completely. Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in 2022 is dependent on complex issues like vaccine hesitancy. This paper focuses on the Central and West Asia region, where the authors have been supporting COVID-19 vaccination programmes across seven countries in this region. In this paper, we outline and describe the different phases of demand for COVID-19 vaccination as well as the risks and strategies to consider in each of these phases.

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Section: Bmj Global Healthmentioning

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“…Unsurprisingly, vaccine hesitancy remains even when new deadly pathogens emerge. High levels of distrust in the government and foreign-funded health initiatives, religious beliefs, and low levels of health access have contributed to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy [7] . Although COVID-19 vaccination has proven safe and effective against COVID-19, acceptance of these campaigns has been problematic, predominantly in some developing nations, like Pakistan.…”

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Immunity debt or vaccination crisis? A multi-method evidence on vaccine acceptance and media framing for emerging COVID-19 variants

Yousaf

Raza

Mahmood

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Renewed COVID-19 outbreaks, stemming from the highly infectious Delta and Omicron variants, prompted rising fears of a ‘pandemic among the unvaccinated’. To address this prevalent vaccination crisis, media framing communication strategies can amplify the scientific evidence on COVID-19 vaccines to reach diverse geographic and socio-economic communities. The critical role of media framing strategies to engage and encourage large populations regarding vaccine acceptance has been rarely studied, despite growing evidence on vaccine hesitancy. The present study used a multi-method approach (i.e., content analysis and quasi-experiments) that unpacked the framing practices employed by the mainstream press media in Pakistan. The findings of the content analysis revealed that the media extensively used uncertainty, conflict, consequences, and action rather than new evidence and reassurance frames in its COVID-19 related campaigns. In a series of quasi-experiments involving 720 participants, we manipulated these six frames of COVID-19 related news coverage (i.e., uncertainty, conflict, consequences, action, new evidence, and reassurance) to investigate the underlying mechanism that influences vaccine acceptance. The findings established that the message-consistent effects of media frames manifesting fear (e.g., consequence and uncertainty) and action cues made receivers more supportive of vaccination. The present study findings theoretically address the calls for a more inclusive “community-health reporting model”, besides offering new evidence on the media framing strategies to deliver more targeted, meaningful, and effective campaigns to raise public acceptance for COVID-19 vaccines.

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“…Vaccine hesitancy is one of the WHO's top ten global health challenges [ 16 ] and if we emphasize the Polio vaccine or even now COVID-19 immunization, vaccine hesitancy is still a problem in Pakistan. [Shaukat & Jafar, 2020].…”

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Is there a need of monkeypox vaccine amidst the hesitancy of COVID-19 immunization in Pakistan?

Ansari

Ramzan²,

Shakeel³

2022

Annals of Medicine &Amp; Surgery

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Vaccination‐hesitancy and vaccination‐inequality as challenges in Pakistan's COVID‐19 response

Cited by 39 publications

References 45 publications

Managing the challenges associated with decreasing demand for COVID-19 vaccination in Central and West Asia

Managing the challenges associated with decreasing demand for COVID-19 vaccination in Central and West Asia

Immunity debt or vaccination crisis? A multi-method evidence on vaccine acceptance and media framing for emerging COVID-19 variants

Is there a need of monkeypox vaccine amidst the hesitancy of COVID-19 immunization in Pakistan?

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