Case Study on COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical measures on communities - DSI
Abstract
Research on vaccine hesitancy in South Africa is scarce; most studies on this topic have been
conducted in high-income countries (Cooper, Betsch et al. 2018; Cooper, Okeibunor et al.
2019). However, available evidence suggests that vaccine hesitancy is a growing issue in the
country. For example, in a study amongst national and provincial Expanded Programme on
Immunisation (EPI) managers, hesitancy amongst parents to have their children vaccinated
was identified as one of the main challenges facing vaccination programmes (Wiysonge,
Ngcobo et al. 2012). It has also been suggested that vaccine hesitancy played a significant role
in the various measles outbreaks in South Africa between 2003 and 2011 (Siegfried, Wiysonge
Sarraounia Public Health Trust/South African Medical Research Council/Human Sciences
Research Council Community-based COVID-19: Focus on vaccine hesitancy and NPIs in 6 sites. Another study conducted between 2011 and 2013 found that web pages expressing anti-vaccination sentiment about childhood vaccination in South Africa increased significantly during that time
