R21/MATRIX malaria vaccine: awareness, perception, acceptability, and willingness to pay among caregivers of under-five children in endemic communities in Lagos, Nigeria
Despite the low awareness of the R21/MATRIX malaria vaccine, caregivers demonstrated a strong positive perception, high acceptability, and moderate willingness to pay. Targeted community awareness campaigns focused on the benefits and safety of the vaccine are essential to improve knowledge of the vaccine in endemic communities.
Authors
- Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-0984)
- Peter Olaniyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-3899)
- Progress Agboola
- Boluwatife Samson Aderounmu
- Oluwafikayo S. Adeyemi-Benson
- Fawole Israel Opeyemi
- Oto Peter Ode
- Agboola Peace Olusogo
- Danladi Nengak Precious
- Obeta Odinaka Kingsley
- Ayodele Ezekiel
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Sechenov University (RU)
- Seventh day Adventist Hospital (IN)
- University of Cross River State (NG)
- Nasarawa State University (NG)
- Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NG)
- Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (NG)
- Lead City University (NG)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Malaria Journal
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-026-05803-5
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene