Only for African export: understanding vaccine hesitancy in a Ugandan town
Storer, L. & Jimmy, O.
(12 August 2021)
Only for African export: understanding vaccine hesitancy in a Ugandan town.
LSE COVID-19 Blog.
In the town of Arua, people refuse COVID vaccines for numerous reasons. Liz Storer (LSE) and Osuta Jimmy explain how the colonial legacy in the region, worries about side-effects, conspiracy theories that feed into narratives of oppression by the West, and belief in prayer and herbal cures for COVID have made people reluctant to get the jab.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2021 The Authors |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Geography and Environment |
| Date Deposited | 24 Sep 2021 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112011 |