ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Social Engagement in the Fight Against COVID-19 in the Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Cotonou (Benin, Sub-saharan Africa): Acceptability of the Vaccination and Tracking Program

Alessia Maccaro

Davide Piaggio

Iyabosola Busola Oronti

Marius Vignigbé

Antoinette Gbokli

Roch Houngnihin

• ¹Applied Biomedical Signal Processing and Intelligent e-Health Lab, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
• ²Laboratoire d'Antropologie Médicale Appliqué, University of Abomey Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
• ³School of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Álvaro del Portillo, Roma, Italy

Introduction: This article aims at investigating social engagement in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in low-resource settings (LRSs). In particular, it focuses on Benin (Sub-Saharan Africa), and reports the results of a field study that investigated the local people's acceptance of the vaccine and the tracking program.

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.857890/full?utm_source=F-AAE&utm_medium=EMLF&utm_campaign=MRK_1881511_a0P58000000G0YHEA0_Medici_20220607_arts_A