Government Trust and COVID-19 Vaccination: The Role of Supply Disruptions and Political Allegiances in Sierra Leone-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Government Trust and COVID-19 Vaccination: The Role of Supply Disruptions and Political Allegiances in Sierra Leone

Published:2023-05-01 Issue: Volume:113 Page:647-652
ISSN:2574-0768
Container-title:AEA Papers and Proceedings
language:en
Short-container-title:AEA Papers and Proceedings

Author:

Aizenman Anbar¹,Conteh Fatu E.²,Glennerster Rachel¹,Horn Samantha³,Kangbai Desmond M.⁴,Karing Anne¹,Shaukat Sarah⁵

Affiliation:

1. University of Chicago (email: )

2. Research and Adaptive Monitoring Labs (RAMLabs) (email: )

3. Carnegie Mellon University (email: )

4. Ministry of Health and Sanitation (email: )

5. Tufts University (email: )

Abstract

We use data on the universe of COVID-19 vaccines in Sierra Leone to examine the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination take-up and support for the party in power and whether interruptions to vaccine supply reduced take-up of second doses. We find that COVID-19 vaccine take-up is higher in areas that support the ruling party, but this mirrors long-term vaccination patterns and not the politicization of COVID-19 vaccines. People whose second dose was due just before and after a vaccine stockout had similar second take-up rates (around 50 percent)–that is, delayed access to second doses did not deter eventual take-up.

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/pandp.20231111

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