Damian, J.U.; Tshitangano, T.G. Mapping the Global Adoption of Mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19: A Scoping Review. J. Respir.2023, 3, 153-163.
Damian, J.U.; Tshitangano, T.G. Mapping the Global Adoption of Mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19: A Scoping Review. J. Respir. 2023, 3, 153-163.
Damian, J.U.; Tshitangano, T.G. Mapping the Global Adoption of Mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19: A Scoping Review. J. Respir.2023, 3, 153-163.
Damian, J.U.; Tshitangano, T.G. Mapping the Global Adoption of Mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19: A Scoping Review. J. Respir. 2023, 3, 153-163.
Abstract
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused sicknesses ranging from mild to deadly, which disrupted lives and healthcare systems across the globe. Despite the availability of vaccines that are effective in significantly reducing the risks of death and severe dis-ease, misperceptions of COVID-19 vaccine safety, efficacy, risks, and mistrust in insti-tutions responsible for vaccination campaigns have been reported as factors contrib-uting to vaccine hesitancy, making vaccination rate not satisfactory, which resulted in some countries implementing mandatory covid-19 vaccination to increase vaccine up-take. This scoping review aimed at mapping global countries that have adopted the mandatory covid-19 vaccination and the reaction of citizens. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews was used. Google Scholar was used to identify papers published in English from December 2019 to February 2022, irrespective of their methodology. One hundred forty studies were identified. After screening for duplication, access, and rel-evance, 24 were eligible for review. About eleven countries implemented mandatory vaccination, mostly among health workers. Citizens’ reactions towards the policy var-ied, with some in support of the policy but with a preference for the healthcare workers, and some in support but with the condition that it will only apply to travel, schools, and shopping areas, while others rejected the policy. Studies that may be relevant but were excluded due to eligibility criteria may be a limiting factor to this study. Several ethical considerations should be explicitly addressed when evaluating whether man-datory COVID-19 vaccination is an ethically justifiable policy option as recommended by the WHO policy brief.
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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