Fake news and fallacies : exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa

Bangalee, Avania; Bangalee, Varsha

dc.contributor.author	Bangalee, Avania
dc.contributor.author	Bangalee, Varsha
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-06T07:24:53Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-06T07:24:53Z
dc.date.issued	2021-10
dc.description.abstract	Historically, vaccine hesitancy (VH) has been a thorn in the side of public health efforts to contain and eradicate infectious diseases. This phenomenon is magnified in light of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surveys conducted across South Africa since the outbreak of COVID-19 demonstrate the complexity of factors that contribute towards VH in this population. Amidst the negative press that the COVID-19 vaccine has received, especially across social media, understanding and combatting VH remains important to achieve herd immunity. This article aims to shed light on key factors fuelling COVID-19 VH in South Africa and provides a framework from which to address this problem.	en_US
dc.description.department	Medical Virology	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	The National Research Foundation of South Africa, the Fogarty International Centre (FIC), National Institutes of Health Common Fund, Office of Strategic Coordination, Office of the Director (NIH CF/OSC/OD), Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director (OAR/OD/NIH), National Institute of Mental Health of the NIH (NIMH/NIH).	en_US
dc.description.uri	https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Bangalee, A. & Bangalee, V. Fake news and fallacies: Exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa. South African Family Practice 2021;63(1), a5345. https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5345.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2078-6190 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2078-6204 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.4102/safp.v63i1.5345
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87551
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	AOSIS	en_US
dc.rights	© 2021. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.	en_US
dc.subject	Vaccines	en_US
dc.subject	Public health	en_US
dc.subject	Vaccine acceptance	en_US
dc.subject	Immunisation	en_US
dc.subject	COVID-19 pandemic	en_US
dc.subject	Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	en_US
dc.subject	South Africa (SA)	en_US
dc.subject	Vaccine hesitancy (VH)	en_US
dc.title	Fake news and fallacies : exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US