Public Trust and the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign: Lessons from the Philippines as it Emerges from the Dengvaxia Controversy

• Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Dayrit, Manuel M, Alfonso, Cenon R, Ong, Madeline Mae A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19 vaccines; Dengvaxia; Philippines; trust; vaccine hesitancy; Medicine and Health Sciences; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/204; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1206&context=asog-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

While the entire world prepares and begins to roll out COVID-19 vaccines, the Philippines is still reeling from the consequences of the Dengvaxia controversy in 2016. Those highly political events led to the erosion of public trust in leaders and a significant damage to vaccine confidence in the cou...