Table 5. Reasons for declining vaccination among eligible but unvaccinated community members, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021.

	n(%) N = 77
Reasons for Declining Vaccination *
I thought the vaccine was going to make me sick	13 (16.9)
I did not think the vaccine was safe	11 (14.3)
Ebola is not real, so the vaccine is not needed	10 (13)
I did not feel at risk for Ebola	9 (11.7)
I thought the vaccine was going to give me Ebola	9 (11.7)
I did not have enough information about the vaccine	8 (10.4)
I was pregnant or breastfeeding at the time	7 (9.1)
The vaccine was too new (experimental)	6 (7.8)
I didn’t think the vaccine was effective at preventing EVD	5 (6.5)
The vaccination site was too far away	3 (3.9)
I did not want to identify myself as eligible to be vaccinated	3 (3.9)
I did not want to sign a form	2 (2.6)
I did not trust the government	2 (2.6)
The times and days when vaccination was offered were not possible for me	3 (3.9)
Vaccination process took too long	1 (1.3)
There were too many changes to the vaccination program/protocol	1 (1.3)
(dose, eligibility changes, pregnant/women, age, etc.)
I did not trust the local team that was offering the vaccine	1 (1.3)

* Not mutually exclusive; multiple selections were allowed.