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vaccine hesitancy

vaccine hesitancy noun: reluctance to get vaccinated, often leading to refusal to be vaccinated.

Noun

vaccine hesitancy (uncountable)

  1. Reluctance to get vaccinated, often leading to refusal to be vaccinated.
    • Vaccine hesitancy is an emerging term in the discourse on determinants of vaccine acceptance. Vaccine hesitancy may explain why uptake of a vaccine or immunization programme in a community is lower than would be expected in the context of the information given and services available.2016, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Vaccine Safety Communication Guide for Immunization Programme Managers and National Regulatory Authorities, page 12

Questions about vaccine hesitancy

What does vaccine hesitancy mean?
Vaccine hesitancy means reluctance to get vaccinated, often leading to refusal to be vaccinated.
What part of speech is vaccine hesitancy?
Vaccine hesitancy is a noun.

Words near vaccine hesitancy in the dictionary

  1. vaccinators
  2. vaccinatory
  3. vaccine
  4. vaccine diplomacy
  5. vaccine escape
  6. vaccine hesitancy
  7. vaccine injuries
  8. vaccine injury
  9. vaccine nationalism
  10. vaccine passport
  11. vaccine passports

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