Table 2. Positive and negative information heard about the Ebola vaccine, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021.
N (%) | |
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Positive Information heard about the Ebola vaccine | N = 631 |
Yes | 502 (79.6) |
No | 102 (16.2) |
Declined to respond | 27 (4.3) |
If you heard positive information, what information did you hear?* | N = 502 |
The vaccine is effective in protecting you from EVD | 439 (87.5) |
The vaccine will protect my community | 264 (52.6) |
The vaccine is good for you | 211 (42.0) |
The vaccine is safe | 189 (37.7) |
Other | 12 (2.4) |
Negative Information heard about the Ebola vaccine | N = 631 |
Yes | 567 (89.9) |
No | 50 (7.9) |
Declined to respond | 14 (2.2) |
If you heard negative information, what information did you hear?* | N = 567 |
The vaccine makes you sick | 358 (63.1) |
The vaccine causes infertility | 320 (56.4) |
The vaccine is not safe | 310 (54.7) |
The vaccine has side effects | 295 (52.0) |
The vaccine gives you Ebola | 255 (45.0) |
The vaccine is harmful to babies in pregnant women | 147 (25.9) |
The vaccine will kill us | 73 (12.9) |
Other | 53 (9.3) |
* Multiple selections were allowed; therefore, total proportions do not sum to 100%.