COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: A complex social phenomenon

S Cooper; H van Rooyen; C S Wiysonge

doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i8.15800

Editorial

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: A complex social phenomenon

S Cooper, H van Rooyen, C S Wiysonge

Authors' affiliations

S Cooper, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; and School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

H van Rooyen, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa; MRC-Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

C S Wiysonge, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa