Publication date: Jan 31, 2025
Monkeypox (Mpox) is vaccine preventable a viral infection declared as a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization in 2022. As a response to the epidemic, vaccines against the virus are being implemented in different countries, complementing other public health interventions. However, little is known about the willingness to accept the Mpox vaccine among health professionals in Africa, notably in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to identify willingness to take the Mpox vaccine and associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia. A national online cross-sectional study design was employed between August 31, 2024, and September 6, 2024, among health professionals in Ethiopia. The data were collected from purposively selected healthcare professionals utilizing snowball sampling to achieve a high response rate using a semi-structured online survey tool. The tool was pretested, every survey item was drafted as a must-fill, and only data with correct characters were included after removing responses with miss response for the intended questionnaire. Variables with a p-value
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| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| August | Ethiopia |
| Monkeypox | Health professional |
| Snowball | Mpox |
| Vaccines | Mpox vaccine |
| Willingness |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | Monkeypox |
| disease | MESH | viral infection |
| disease | MESH | emergency |