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COVID vaccine acceptance in Libya

Elhadi M, Alsoufi A, Alhadi A, et al. · BMC public health · 2021

Open access · cc by · source: Europe PMC

Willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine rose with assumed efficacy—about 80% if efficacy was ≥90%, but only about 41% if 50%.

Study at a glance

Design
Cross-sectional — Survey of public and health-care groups in Libya on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance by efficacy scenario
N
N=15087 · Final analysed respondents; mean age 30.6 years
Population
Libyan general public, students, and clinicians
Outcome
Willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination at ≥90%, ≥70%, and 50% efficacy

Structured fields used in claim comparison tables when every cited study has a complete layer.

Key findings

Among 15,087 respondents, acceptance was 79.6% for ≥90% efficacy, 60.6% for ≥70%, and 41.2% for 50%. Most respondents were general public; about one-quarter were students or clinicians.

Methodology

A cross-sectional survey of the public and health-care groups in Libya assessed knowledge, attitudes, and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination under different efficacy scenarios.

Limitations

Convenience/online sampling and hypothetical efficacy scenarios limit inference about later real uptake.

How this study connects

Role on claims

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  • SupportsVaccinationconcept

    Multiple studies in this library examine vaccination with empirical patient or population outcomes rather than opinion alone.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

  • SupportsVaccinationconcept

    Among 15,087 respondents, acceptance was 79.6% for ≥90% efficacy, 60.6% for ≥70%, and 41.2% for 50%. Most respondents were general public; about one-quarter were students or clinicians.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

  • SupportsVaccinationconcept

    Effect sizes and settings differ across vaccination studies — digital vs clinic, trial vs observational — so results should not be pooled casually.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

  • A Libyan survey of 15,087 respondents found COVID-19 vaccine acceptance of 79.6% if efficacy were ≥90%, 60.6% if ≥70%, and 41.2% if 50%. Most respondents were general public; about one-quarter were students or clinicians. Convenience/online sampling and hypothetical efficacy scenarios limit inference about later real uptake.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

  • Hypothetical acceptance, reported coverage, administrative utilisation and CRT endline surveys are four different measurement jobs. Libya's 79.6% at ≥90% efficacy is a stated intention under a scenario. Seasonal flu coverage of ~21% and pandemic coverage of 11.1% are recalled past behaviour. Telemedicine's jump from 1.4% to 28.1% is billing data. SASA!'s ~50% IPV contrast is a randomised community comparison that used surveys. Averaging those percentages as 'survey findings on uptake' erases the disagreements.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

Open questions

Tensions this paper is part of

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