Fake news, misinformation, vaccine hesitancy and the role of community engagement in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Southern Ghana

• Mawulom Kuatewo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hohoe Municipal Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Hohoe, Ghana

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• Wisdom Ebelin ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ebelinwisdom@gmail.com

  Affiliation Evangelical Presbyterian Health Services, Evangelical Presbyterian Headquarters, Ho, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8428-161X

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• Phidelia Theresa Doegah,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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• Matilda Aberese-Ako,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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• Samuel Lissah,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Ho Technical University, Ghana

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• Atsu Godsway Kpordorlor,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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• Lebene Kpodo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Savana Signatures, Tamale, Ghana

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• Senanu Djokoto,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Regional Health Directorate, Ho, Ghana

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• Evelyn Ansah

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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