This paper investigates the effect of herd behavior, or information cascades, on the willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19. We use the 2021/2022 wave of the European Social Survey combined with data from the organization Our World in Data and measure the herding behavior as the change in...

he authors use county-level data to test whether an array of socioeconomic, demographic, political and religious variables explain COVID-19 vaccination rates. Results presented here build upon previous investigations of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in different contexts and are largely consistent...

How did Nordic countries manage the tensions and ethical dilemmas of national health security and international solidarity during the Covid-19 vaccine response? This DIIS working paper examines Norway's Covid-19 vaccine procurement and distribution strategy within the framework of the SCANVAX...

How did Nordic countries manage the tensions and ethical dilemmas of national health security and international solidarity during the Covid-19 vaccine response? This DIIS working paper examines Denmark's Covid-19 vaccine procurement and distribution strategy within the framework of the SCANVAX...

Whilst it is well established that COVID-19 vaccination protects against severe outcomes of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, such as hospitalisation and death [1,2], there is still uncertainty as to whether vaccination also reduces the risk and/or duration of a wide range of post-acute COVID-19...

This protocol presents an updated common methodology for estimating COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) using established health data registries in participating European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) Member States. This work is performed within the Vaccine Effectiveness, Burden...

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted daily life and exacerbated global inequalities, leading policymakers to seek innovative, evidence-based solutions to mitigate its impacts. By March 2023, the pandemic had resulted in approximately 6.88 million reported deaths and 14.83 million excess...

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting women worldwide. It is caused by persistent infection with oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV). More than 200 types of HPV have been identified and more than 40 types of them infect the genital tract. HPV 16 and 18 are the two...

Cervical cancer, primarily caused by persistent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among women in developing countries. Although HPV vaccines are widely available in these regions, vaccine uptake remains persistently low. To address...

Vaccines and seeds are the most significant resources in the poultry industry, particularly for chicken as a global staple. However, designing a resilient network for the poultry vaccine supply chain to create a viable poultry industry has been neglected. Hence, this paper contributes to the...

This paper examines the long-term effects of childhood vaccination on educational and health outcomes. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey, we leverage the variation in timing and quality of the Village Midwife Program's implementation in the 1990s as a source of vaccination access...

Background Time preferences for preventive behavior under novel risks and uncertain contexts may differ from timing preferences related to familiar risks. Therefore, it is crucial to examine drivers of preventative health behavior timing in light of new health risks. Using the case of COVID-19,...

Background The European-wide statistics show that the use of flu vaccination remains low and the differences between countries are significant, as are those between different population groups within each country. Considerable research has focused on explaining vaccination uptake in relation to...

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought global disruptions, impacting societies and economies significantly, while vaccine hesitancy remains a pressing concern. This paper introduces a framework for analyzing vaccination decision-making, emphasizing the roles of perceived costs and social influences....

Employing newly available data on Chinese Covid-19 vaccine deliveries for a cross-section of 157 countries, we examine if China's vaccine diplomacy is driven by altruistic, enlightened self-interested motives or by purely strategic motives. According to the enlightened self-interested logic,...

This study presents empirical evidence on the impact of public funding on the vaccination rate of children under one-year-old in Vietnam from 2014 to 2019. The research findings indicate that, first, the effect of government funding on the vaccination rate of children is positive after...

During 2021, most Latin American countries successfully deployed vaccines and their labor markets began to recover from the COVID-19 slump. Using two waves of the 2021 HFPS, we investigate the connection between immunization and employment recovery. We first show the highly uneven social impact...

In September 2023, ECDC updated its COVID-19 vaccination coverage data analysis process, in view of the evolving timing and objective of the 2023-24 season vaccination campaigns in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). This report presents an interim description of COVID-19 vaccine...

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting women worldwide. It is caused by persistent infection with oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV). More than 200 types of HPV have been identified and more than 40 types of them infect the genital tract. HPV 16 and 18 are the two...

In September 2023, ECDC updated its COVID-19 vaccination coverage data analysis process, in view of the evolving timing and objective of the 2023-24 season vaccination campaigns. This report presents an interim description of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in the European Union/European Economic Area...

With Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, the European Commission is supporting effective cancer strategies that can prevent illness, save lives and reduce the impacts of cancer. This includes a Flagship Initiative to address cancers that can be prevented by vaccination, namely cancers caused by Human...

Seasonal influenza is a respiratory infectious disease that spreads globally through annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. Vaccination is the most effective means for preventing influenza infection. However, the effectiveness of influenza vaccines varies to some degree from season to...

The end of 2019 saw the emergence of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of October 2023, almost 276 million cases and more than 2.2 million deaths had been reported in the WHO European Region [1]. As of October...

Influenza is a disease of public health importance due to the substantial seasonal morbidity and mortality and the high pandemic potential of its aetiologic agents, influenza viruses. Diagnosis of influenza is mainly based on laboratory testing (i.e. molecular testing) of nasopharyngeal samples....

This protocol describes the common methodology to be applied to established health data registries across seven participating European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) Member States to estimate vaccine effectiveness for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children and adolescents aged...