Vaccine Hesitancy

Misinformation fuelled by the US health secretary is creating a dangerous – and growing – lack of trust in vaccines

Conducting qualitative research takes time and effort, but it interrogates essential contexts and meanings that shape our health and healthcare

Six months before the first jabs arrived, an online survey in January of 2021 showed that nearly 60% of the 7 193 respondents were confident in a Covid-19 vaccine made in the US…

The government’s most urgent to-do list: vaccinate, stimulate the economy, and return the rule of law

Omicron has shown up the racism of the West and highlighted inequalities and failures in our own countries. We need to tackle these to get more people vaccinated

Imraan Coovadia’s new book examines how poison has shaped political affairs in Southern Africa

Once South Africa secured adequate amounts of vaccines, we were faced with a baffling dilemma. Not everyone wanted to take it

If ivermectin had dramatic results in combating Covid-19, it should perform well in any well-conducted, unbiased scientific study, but this is not the case

Paddy Harper finally got his second Covid-19 jab, but he feels that it’s pity there’s no vaccine for stupidity — or arrogance

South Africa’s laws allow the government to implement mandatory Covid vaccinations but, if it chooses this path, it must do so responsibly

There are few, if any, studies to support Pfizer chief executive’s assertion that the global south would be more vaccine-hesitant than the north

Study finds most South Africans rely on healthcare workers for vaccine advice

President Cyril Ramaphosa told parliament that nobody should be forced to have the vaccine, but constitutional rights were not absolute

Vaccine acceptance has risen to 72%, but inequality remains the biggest stumbling block for poor people’s access to the jab

Hesitancy is this week’s theme: from white men who don’t want a jab, to Bushy Maape, who doesn’t seem all that keen on his new job