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. 2021 Jun 1;28(4):taab048.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab048.

What must be done to tackle vaccine hesitancy and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination in migrants?

Alison F Crawshaw  1 , Anna Deal  1   2 , Kieran Rustage  1 , Alice S Forster  3 , Ines Campos-Matos  4 , Tushna Vandrevala  5 , Andrea Würz  6 , Anastasia Pharris  6 , Jonathan E Suk  6 , John Kinsman  6 , Charlotte Deogan  6 , Anna Miller  7 , Silvia Declich  8 , Chris Greenaway  9 , Teymur Noori  6 , Sally Hargreaves  1
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What must be done to tackle vaccine hesitancy and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination in migrants?

Alison F Crawshaw et al. J Travel Med. .

Abstract

Migrants have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and emerging evidence suggests they may face barriers to COVID-19 vaccination. Participatory approaches and engagement strategies are urgently needed to strengthen uptake, alongside innovative delivery mechanisms and sharing of best practice, to ensure migrants are better consider within countries’ existing vaccine priority structures.

Keywords: COVID-19; Migrants; vaccination.

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Approaches and solutions for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in migrant communities. Footnote: Adapted from Brewer et al
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