Acceptability refers to meeting the policymakers, end-users, and health system requirements for a new TB vaccine for adults and adolescents. This includes defining values from various populations, engaging communities as partners in decision-making, and having robust communication strategies in place. This follows from the WHO global framework for country introduction of new adolescent and adult TB vaccines (https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-global-framework-to-prepare-for-country-introduction-of-new-tb-vaccines-for-adults-and-adolescents)
New tuberculosis vaccines are in late-stage trials, but how confident is the public in high burden countries in vaccines?
With tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidates in late-stage trials, it is important to prepare for implementation to avoid delays upon licensure. General confidence in vaccines has been identified as an anticipated barrier to introducing new TB vaccines. In the absence of detailed TB specific vaccine acceptability and confidence data, we analysed currently available vaccine confidence data in countries appearing on one of the World Health Organization (WHO) high burden lists to investigate vaccine confidence in countries with a high TB burden