South Africa's immunisation record risks being dented by anti-vaccination views

By Charles Shey Wiysonge, Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
Sara Cooper, Senior Scientist in Cochrane South Africa at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Honorary researcher in the Division of Social & Behavioural Sciences in the School of Public Health, UCT, South African Medical Research Council

Vaccine hesitancy has resulted in multiple vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks. Research on vaccine hesitancy in South Africa is limited. But growing evidence suggests that it's becoming a problem.

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