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Stakeholders' opinions and questions regarding the anticipated
                malaria vaccine in Tanzania

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BACKGROUND: Within the context of combined interventions,
                malaria vaccine may provide additional value in malaria
                prevention. Stakeholders' perspectives are thus critical for
                informed recommendation of the vaccine in Tanzania. This paper
                presents the views of stakeholders with regards to malaria
                vaccine in 12 Tanzanian districts. METHODS: Quantitative and
                qualitative methods were employed. A structured questionnaire
                was administered to 2123 mothers of under five children.
                Forty-six in-depth interviews and 12 focus group discussions
                were conducted with teachers, religious leaders, community
                health workers, health care professionals, and scientists.
                Quantitative data analysis involved frequency distributions and
                cross tabulations using Chi square test to determine the
                association between malaria vaccine acceptability and
                independent variables. Qualitative data were analysed
                thematically. RESULTS: Overall, 84.2 % of the mothers had
                perfect acceptance of malaria vaccine. Acceptance varied
                significantly according to religion, occupation, tribe and
                region (p < 0.001). Ninety two percent reported that they
                will accept the malaria vaccine despite the need to continue
                using insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), while 88.4 % reported
                that they will accept malaria vaccine even if their children get
                malaria less often than non-vaccinated children. Qualitative
                results revealed that the positive opinions towards malaria
                vaccine were due to a need for additional malaria prevention
                strategies and expectations that the vaccine will reduce visits
                to the health facility, deaths, malaria episodes and
                treatment-related expenses. Vaccine related questions included
                its side effects, efficacy, protective duration, composition,
                interaction with other medications, provision schedule,
                availability to the pregnant women, mode of administration (oral
                or injection?) and whether a child born of HIV virus or with a
                chronic illness will be eligible for the vaccine? CONCLUSION:
                Stakeholders had high acceptance and positive opinions towards
                the combined use of the anticipated malaria vaccine and ITNs,
                and that their acceptance remains high even when the vaccine may
                not provide full protection, this is a crucial finding for
                malaria vaccine policy decisions in Tanzania. An inclusive
                communication strategy should be designed to address the
                stakeholders' questions through a process that should engage and
                be implemented by communities and health care professionals.
                Social cultural aspects associated with vaccine acceptance
                should be integrated in the communication strategy.

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Stakeholders' opinions and questions regarding the anticipated
                malaria vaccine in Tanzania