[Perception of the population in the fourth municipality of Bamako-Mali, on the COVID-19 vaccine].

INTRODUCTION

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, various candidate vaccines has been approved to be used by WHO. However, there is low adherence to the vaccination campaign, especially in Mali. The goal was to study the perception of fourth municipality's population of the district of Bamako, about the COVID-19 vaccine.

METHODS

It was a cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study conducted from May to August 2021. A rational selection of two wards of the fourth municipality of Bamako was carried out. The Chi-square test of Pearson was used to test association between variables.

RESULTS

In total 179 people from two wards were surveyed. The average age was 37.73 years (SD=13.67), 34.6% (n=62) we'renot in school, and 7.8% (n=62) had received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. 37.4% (n=67) did not believe in the existence of COVID-19; while 84.9% (n=152) didn't know at least the name of the vaccine in use in Mali. 65.4% (n=117) didn't trust the vaccine, while 78.1% (n=25) would have preferred other vaccines from AstraZeneca. Knowledge of the vaccine was associated with education level (OR=18.86; 95% CI [7.16-49.64]; p=0.00).

CONCLUSION

The population of the fourth municipality of Bamako have a few knowledge about the vaccine in use in Mali. So it's necessary to strengthen awareness campaigns.