Abstract |
This brief details COVID-19 vaccination rates, reasons for vaccine hesitancy, access to healthcare, sanitation, and education in mid 2021. Low rates of COVID-19 vaccination were a sign of vacine hesitancy, with nine percent of survey respondents aged over 18 being vaccinated, though official statistics put this figure even lower, at five percent. While widespread transmission of COVID-19 only began in Solomon Islands in 2022, border closures and precautionary public health measures may have had an impact on the welfare of households. The findings in this brief come from the third round of the World Bank’s High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) , and UNICEF’s Social-Economic Impact Assessment Survey (SIAS) . |