WCC Answers your Questions about Vaccines
World Council of Churches Answers Your Questions about Vaccines | April 26, 2021 | A Q&A with Dr. Mwai Makoka, Programme Executive for World Council of Churches on the history of vaccines, the role of the church and faith-based organizations, and why children and others are vulnerable if...
Religious affiliation and immunization coverage in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
This article appeared in Science Direct in January 2020. Although religious affiliation has been identified as a potential barrier to immunization in some African countries, there are no systematic multi-country analyses, including within-country variability, on this issue. The authors investigated whether immunization varied according to religious affiliation and...
Video Christians and Immunization: Exploring Religious Objections
Christians and Immunization: Exploring Religious Objections | 2014 | This video features Dr. Richard Lane, MD, MPH. At the time of the video, Dr. Lane was Director of the Department of Public and Community Health at Liberty University. In the video he addresses reports of religious objections to...
Video: Christians Reaching the Unreached with Vaccines
Christians Reaching the Unreached with Vaccines in Nigeria | 2014 | This video features Dr. Daniel Gobgab, MD, MPH, at the time of the interview was the Secretary General of the Christian Health Association of Nigeria. Dr. Gobgab describes how CHAN members reach people, especially in hard-to-reach areas,...