Medical populism and immunisation programmes: Illustrative examples and consequences for public health

• Main Authors: Lasco, Gideon, Larson, Heidi J
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Vaccines; vaccine hesitancy; medical populism; populism; politics of health; Development Studies; Health Policy
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/19; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2019.1680724
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Various factors have been implicated in vaccine hesitancy and loss of vaccine confidence, but the specific ways and particular moments in which immunisation programmes and vaccine scares are politicised, exacerbating negative attitudes about vaccines and leading to retrogressive policies, have been...