Landscape Analysis: Effects of Faith Actor Engagement on the Uptake and Coverage of Immunization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This report supported by the USAID-funded MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership was released in July 2021 and summarizes evidence about vaccine hesitancy trends in faith communities. It is a special investigation including key informant interviews with global leaders and a literature review into the role of faith actors...
Policy Brief on Engaging Faith Actors to Boost Immunization Uptake and Address Vaccine Hesitancy
This policy brief supported by the USAID-funded MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership was released in July 2021 and summarizes evidence about vaccine hesitancy trends in faith communities. It is a special investigation including key informant interviews with global leaders and a literature review into the role of faith...
Religious affiliation and immunization coverage in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
This article appeared in Science Direct in January 2020. Although religious affiliation has been identified as a potential barrier to immunization in some African countries, there are no systematic multi-country analyses, including within-country variability, on this issue. The authors investigated whether immunization varied according to religious affiliation and...
Video Christians and Immunization: Exploring Religious Objections
Christians and Immunization: Exploring Religious Objections | 2014 | This video features Dr. Richard Lane, MD, MPH. At the time of the video, Dr. Lane was Director of the Department of Public and Community Health at Liberty University. In the video he addresses reports of religious objections to...