Understanding Low Vaccine Uptake in African, Caribbean, and Black Populations Relative to Public Health in High-Income Countries: A Scoping Review Protocol

Vaccination has significantly contributed to reducing once common and even deadly infectious diseases, yet vaccine hesitancy threatens the emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the need for the largest mass vaccination campaign ever undertaken to date; however, African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) populations have shown both a disproportionately high degree of negative impacts from the pandemic and the lowest willingness to become vaccinated. Low vaccination rates in this vulnerable population are a pinnacle concern in public health, as low vaccination rates in ACB communities may both be the result of health inequities, as well as further exacerbate them.