Table A3.

ProQuest search strategy.

Set No.	Searched for	Databases	Results
S9	((factors associated with covid- 19 vaccine hesitancy among HCWs in Africa) AND (location.exact(“Africa” OR “South Africa” OR “Nigeria” OR “Ethiopia” OR “Egypt” OR “Ghana” OR “Uganda” OR “Central Africa” OR “North Africa” OR “Sierra Leone” OR “West Africa” OR “Zambia” OR “Zimbabwe” OR “Burkina Faso” OR “Cape Town South Africa” OR “Congo-Democratic Republic of Congo” OR “East Africa” OR “Eastern Cape South Africa” OR “Kano Nigeria” OR “Kenya” OR “Malawi” OR “Mozambique”) AND at.exact(“Article”) AND la.exact(“ENG”) AND PEER(yes))) AND ((factors associated with covid-19 vaccine uptake among HCWs in Africa) AND (location.exact(“Africa” OR “South Africa” OR “Nigeria” OR “Ethiopia” OR “Egypt” OR “Ghana” OR “Uganda” OR “Central Africa” OR “North Africa” OR “Sierra Leone” OR “West Africa” OR “Zambia” OR “Zimbabwe” OR “Burkina Faso” OR “Cape Town South Africa” OR “Congo-Democratic Republic of Congo” OR “East Africa” OR “Eastern Cape South Africa” OR “Kano Nigeria” OR “Kenya” OR “Malawi” OR “Mozambique”) AND at.exact(“Article”) AND la.exact(“ENG”) AND PEER(yes)))	Coronavirus Research Database, Ebook Central, Health Research Premium Collection, Publicly Available Content Database These databases are searched for part of your query.	48