COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance among Health Science Students in Morocco: A Cross-Sectional Study

Khalis, Mohamed; Boucham, Mouna; Luo, Amy; Marfak, Abdelghafour; Saad, Soukaina; Aboubacar, Camara; Haj, Soukaina Ait El; Jallal, Manar; Aazi, Fatima-Zahra; Charaka, Hafida; Nejjari, Chakib

doi:10.3390/vaccines9121451

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“…And also they have no trust on COVID-19 prevention measures and this lead to a low COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate in Ethiopia. 42 On the other hand, the result of the current study was higher than a study conducted in Japan (34.6%), 40 the U.S. (29.4%), 40 Morocco (26.9%), 43 Iran (27.9%) 40 and Jordan (36.8). 44 …”

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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and its predictors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Belay

Alemu

Techane

et al. 2022

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. COVID-19 vaccine is the best strategy for prevention. However, it remained the main challenge. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the overall pooled estimate of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and its predictors in Ethiopia. Consequently, we have searched articles from PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Google Scholar, reference lists of included studies, and Ethiopian universities’ research repository. The weighted inverse variance random effects model was employed. The quality of studies and the overall variation between studies were checked through Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) quality appraisal criteria and heterogeneity test (I 2 ), respectively. The funnel plot and Egger’s regression test were also conducted. Following that, a total of 14 studies with 6,773 participants were considered in the study and the overall pooled proportion of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was 51.2% (95% CI: 43.9, 58.5). Having good knowledge (Odds ratio: 2.7; 95% CI: 1.1, 7.1; P.value: 0.00), chronic disease (Odds ratio: 2; 95% CI: 1.3, 3.1), older age (Odds ratio: 1.8; 95% CI: 1.1, 3.0; P.value: 0.02), and secondary education and above (Odds ratio: 3.3; 95% CI: 1.7, 6.7; P.value: 0.00) were significantly associated with the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine. In conclusion, Having good knowledge, chronic disease, older age, and secondary education and above were significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Therefore, special attention and a strengthened awareness, education, and training about COVID-19 vaccine benefits had to be given to uneducated segments of the population.

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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and its predictors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Belay

Alemu

Techane

et al. 2022

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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“…However, the same report noted that nearly one household in 10 (11%) would refuse to get vaccinated [6]. More recent studies in Morocco reported low vaccine acceptance rates among health science students (26.9%) [23] and non-health-sciences students (35.3%) [24]. A similar study conducted among healthcare workers found a relatively high vaccination acceptance rate (62.0%).…”

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COVID-19 Response and Vaccination in Morocco: Efforts, Challenges, and Opportunities

Khalis¹,

Bouaddi²,

Nejjari³

2023

COVID-19 Vaccines - Current State and Perspectives

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The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted global health systems and has put enormous strain on fragile health systems worldwide. Despite the challenges that the Moroccan health system faces, the country’s rapid and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has yielded positive results in terms of virus containment. A convergence of public policies has enabled Morocco to implement multifaceted interventions aimed at achieving large-scale vaccine coverage. These efforts have contributed to the success of Morocco’s national vaccination campaign. While the immunization operation was not devoid of challenges, this experience has paved the way for Morocco to expand its disease surveillance system and explore its potential as a key actor in vaccine and bio-therapeutics supply on the continent.

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“…Main factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy by continent and studies. Kanyanda et al25 ; Khalis et al115,116 ; Mejri et al 119 ; Mesele 31 ; Mose 122 ; Omar & Hani 126 ; Saied et al 130 ; Shehata et al 132 ; Solís Arce et al 133 ; Tadele Admasu 134 ; Tagoe et al 135 ; Taye et al 136 ; Uzochukwu et al…”

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Latin America and Africa: a scoping review

Gonçalves,

Matos,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

Cad. Saúde Pública

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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). The review reporting observes the recommendations of the PRISMA for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) model. Search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Virtual Health Library (VHL) databases, selecting studies published from January 1, 2020 to January 22, 2022. Selected studies indicate that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy involves factors such as political scenario, spread of misinformation, regional differences in each territory regarding Internet access, lack of access to information, history of vaccination resistance, lack of information about the disease and the vaccine, concern about adverse events, and vaccine efficacy and safety. Regarding the use of conceptual and methodology references from the WHO for vaccine hesitancy, few studies (6/94) use research instruments based on these references. Then, the replication in Global South of conceptual and methodological parameters developed by experts from the Global North contexts has been criticized from the perspective of Global Health because of it may not consider political and sociocultural particularities, the different nuances of vaccine hesitancy, and issues of access to vaccines.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance among Health Science Students in Morocco: A Cross-Sectional Study

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and its predictors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and its predictors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

COVID-19 Response and Vaccination in Morocco: Efforts, Challenges, and Opportunities

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Latin America and Africa: a scoping review

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