Publications by authors named "Bruna Aparecida Goncalves"
Vaccination has played an important role in the containment of COVID-19 pandemic advances. However, SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy has caused a global concern. This scoping review aims to map the scientific literature on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Latin America and Africa from a Global Health perspective, observing the particularities of the Global South and using parameters validated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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- Vaccine hesitancy is a growing problem around the world, especially in places like Latin America and Africa.
- This review looks at studies from 2015 to 2020 to see if those regions have similar reasons for hesitancy as countries in the global North, like the USA and Canada.
- It finds that challenges like access to vaccines, cultural beliefs, and historical issues are important for understanding vaccine hesitancy in the Global South and may not be considered by people in the North.