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Global Health Econ Sustain COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Kwara State

Therefore, engaging health-care workers to encourage Author contributions
the public could significantly improve the population’s
response to COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. To improve Conceptualization: Olatunji Kolawole, Isaac Aun
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Ilorin metropolis and Formal analysis: Jeremiah Ogah
ensure wider coverage (other vaccines of importance), Investigation: Olatunji Kolawole
it is recommended to intensify vaccine knowledge. This Methodology: Olatunji Kolawole, Jeremiah Ogah, Faith
study indicates a higher likelihood of vaccine uptake Folahan, Caroline Kolawole
with increased knowledge. Public enlightenment efforts Writing – original draft: Olatunji Kolawole, Faith Folahan
involving health-care workers, the public media, and Writing – review & editing: Olatunji Kolawole, Isaac Aun,
community leaders can improve understanding of the Caroline Kolawole
vaccine’s process, safety, importance, and impact. Likewise, Ethics approval and consent to participate
prioritizing improved access to vaccines by increasing
vaccine availability at vaccination centers, ensuring easy Approval for this study was obtained from the Kwara State
access, and promoting awareness of vaccination activities Ministry of Health with the ethics approval code ERC/
in host communities can further facilitate uptake. MOH/2021/12/009. Verbal permission was obtained from
the heads of the health-care facilities involved. Written
However, it is crucial to acknowledge several limitations consent was obtained from the participants, who signed
that may impact the interpretation and generalizability consent forms before completing the questionnaire.
of the results. First, the sample size calculation relied on
the total population of the state due to the absence of Consent for publication
specific data on the number of health-care workers in
Kwara State or estimates of their proportion. The state Participants gave consent to publish their data in this study.
population was utilized, considering health-care workers Availability of data
as a characteristic within this broader population. While
a precise population of health-care workers may have Not applicable.
affected the total sample size, we believe any difference
would likely be negligible and not significantly affect References
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/135.7.1691

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