{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T03:57:12Z","timestamp":1787025432735,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO\/EMRO)","issue":"5","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["East Mediterr Health J."],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,30]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: Several studies have investigated COVID-19 vaccine acceptability and hesitancy, especially among healthcare workers (HCWs). However, acceptability of the vaccine by HCWs in Sudan remains unclear. Aims: We investigated acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine and its determinants among HCWs in Sudan. Methods: Using a semi-structured questionnaire, we conducted a web-based cross-sectional study of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its associated determinants among healthcare workers in Sudan during March\u2013April 2021. Results: A total of 576 HCWs responded to the survey. Mean age was 35 years. Females (53.3%), medical doctors (55.4%) and being located in Khartoum State (76.0%) each accounted for more than half of the participants. Absolute refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine was expressed by 16.0% of the respondents. Males were more than twice as likely to accept the vaccine as females. Lower acceptability was statistically significantly associated with the nurses (OR = 0.35, 95% CI: 0.15\u20130.82, P &lt; 0.001), increased perceived harm from the vaccine (OR = 0.11, 95% CI: 0.05\u20130.23, P &lt; 0.001), lack of confidence in the source of the vaccine (OR = 0.16, 95% CI: 0.08\u20130.31, P &lt; 0.001) and lack of confidence in organizations or government sectors supervising the vaccination process (OR = 0.31, 95% CI: 0.17\u20130.58, P &lt; 0.001). Conclusion: This study highlights a moderate level of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among HCWs in Sudan. Special consideration should be given to addressing vaccine hesitancy among female HCWs and nurses.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.26719\/emhj.23.061","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,30]],"date-time":"2023-05-30T03:25:50Z","timestamp":1685417150000},"page":"362-370","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers in Sudan"],"prefix":"10.26719","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Amna","family":"Khairy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Esra","family":"Mahgoub","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammad","family":"Nimir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammed","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mawahib","family":"Jubara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mawahib","family":"Jubara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dalya","family":"Altayab","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ayman","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"11263","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,30]]},"container-title":["Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/applications.emro.who.int\/EMHJ\/V29\/05\/1020-3397-2023-2905-362-370-eng.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,30]],"date-time":"2023-05-30T03:25:51Z","timestamp":1685417151000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/applications.emro.who.int\/EMHJ\/V29\/05\/1020-3397-2023-2905-362-370-eng.pdf"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,30]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,30]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,30]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26719\/emhj.23.061","relation":{},"ISSN":["1020-3397","1687-1634"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1020-3397","type":"print"},{"value":"1687-1634","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,30]]}}}