Table A2.

PubMed search strategy.

Search Number	Query	Filters	Search Details	Results	Time
10	((((((COVID-19 vaccines[MeSH Terms]) AND (COVID-19)) AND (vaccines)) OR (covid vaccines)) OR (intention)) OR (vaccine hesitancy)) AND (vaccine acceptance) AND (healthcare workers) AND (Africa)	Full text, Humans, English, from 2020–2023	(((“covid 19 vaccines” [MeSH Terms] AND (“covid 19” [All Fields] OR “covid 19” [MeSH Terms] OR “covid 19 vaccines” [All Fields] OR “covid 19 vaccines” [MeSH Terms] OR “covid 19 serotherapy” [All Fields] OR “covid 19 nucleic acid testing” [All Fields] OR “covid 19 nucleic acid testing” [MeSH Terms] OR “covid 19 serological testing” [All Fields] OR “covid 19 serological testing” [MeSH Terms] OR “covid 19 testing” [All Fields] OR “covid 19 testing” [MeSH Terms] OR “sars cov 2” [All Fields] OR “sars cov 2” [MeSH Terms] OR “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2” [All Fields] OR “ncov” [All Fields] OR “2019 ncov” [All Fields] OR ((“coronavirus” [MeSH Terms] OR “coronavirus” [All Fields] OR “cov” [All Fields]) AND 2019/11/01:3000/12/31[Date—Publication])) AND (“vaccin” [Supplementary Concept] OR “vaccin” [All Fields] OR “vaccination” [MeSH Terms] OR “vaccination” [All Fields] OR “vaccinable” [All Fields] OR “vaccinal” [All Fields] OR “vaccinate” [All Fields] OR “vaccinated” [All Fields] OR “vaccinates” [All Fields] OR “vaccinating” [All Fields] OR “vaccinations” [All Fields] OR “vaccinations” [All Fields] OR “vaccinator” [All Fields] OR “vaccinators” [All Fields] OR “vaccines” [All Fields] OR “vaccined” [All Fields] OR “vaccines” [MeSH Terms] OR “vaccines” [All Fields] OR “vaccine” [All Fields] OR “vaccins” [All Fields])) OR ((“sars cov 2” [MeSH Terms] OR “sars cov 2” [All Fields] OR “covid” [All Fields] OR “covid 19” [MeSH Terms] OR “covid 19” [All Fields]) AND (“vaccin” [Supplementary Concept] OR “vaccin” [All Fields] OR “vaccination” [MeSH Terms] OR “vaccination” [All Fields] OR “vaccinable” [All Fields] OR “vaccinal” [All Fields] OR “vaccinate” [All Fields] OR “vaccinated” [All Fields] OR “vaccinates” [All Fields] OR “vaccinating” [All Fields] OR “vaccinations” [All Fields] OR “vaccinations” [All Fields] OR “vaccinator” [All Fields] OR “vaccinators” [All Fields] OR “vaccines” [All Fields] OR “vaccined” [All Fields] OR “vaccines” [MeSH Terms] OR “vaccines” [All Fields] OR “vaccine” [All Fields] OR “vaccins” [All Fields])) OR (“intention” [MeSH Terms] OR “intention” [All Fields] OR “intent” [All Fields] OR “intentions” [All Fields] OR “intentional” [All Fields] OR “intentioned” [All Fields] OR “intents” [All Fields]) OR (“vaccination hesitancy” [MeSH Terms] OR (“vaccination” [All Fields] AND “hesitancy” [All Fields]) OR “vaccination hesitancy” [All Fields] OR (“vaccine” [All Fields] AND “hesitancy” [All Fields]) OR “vaccine hesitancy” [All Fields])) AND ((“vaccin” [Supplementary Concept] OR “vaccin” [All Fields] OR “vaccination” [MeSH Terms] OR “vaccination” [All Fields] OR “vaccinable” [All Fields] OR “vaccinal” [All Fields] OR “vaccinate” [All Fields] OR “vaccinated” [All Fields] OR “vaccinates” [All Fields] OR “vaccinating” [All Fields] OR “vaccinations” [All Fields] OR “vaccinations” [All Fields] OR “vaccinator” [All Fields] OR “vaccinators” [All Fields] OR “vaccines” [All Fields] OR “vaccined” [All Fields] OR “vaccines” [MeSH Terms] OR “vaccines” [All Fields] OR “vaccine” [All Fields] OR “vaccins” [All Fields]) AND (“accept” [All Fields] OR “acceptabilities” [All Fields] OR “acceptability” [All Fields] OR “acceptable” [All Fields] OR “acceptably” [All Fields] OR “acceptance” [All Fields] OR “acceptances” [All Fields] OR “acceptation” [All Fields] OR “accepted” [All Fields] OR “accepter” [All Fields] OR “accepters” [All Fields] OR “accepting” [All Fields] OR “accepts” [All Fields])) AND (“health personnel” [MeSH Terms] OR (“health” [All Fields] AND “personnel” [All Fields]) OR “health personnel” [All Fields] OR (“healthcare” [All Fields] AND “workers” [All Fields]) OR “healthcare workers” [All Fields]) AND (“africa” [MeSH Terms] OR “africa” [All Fields] OR “africa s” [All Fields] OR “africas” [All Fields])) AND ((fft[Filter]) AND (humans[Filter]) AND (english[Filter]) AND (2020:2023[pdat]))	41	9:28:21