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KRISTA LARSON and MARIA CHENG, of Associated Press, report on how vaccine hesitancy, including among women of childbearing age, is leading to a stark gender disparity resulting in African women being the least vaccinated population in the world...
The spread of vaccine misinformation is in large part to blame for the gender gap, experts say.
The women in Sare Gibel already had heard the rumors on social media: The vaccines could make your blood stop or cause you to miscarry. Women who took it wouldn't get pregnant again.
As health officials in Gambia and across Africa urge women to be vaccinated, they've confronted unwillingness among those of childbearing age. Other women say they're simply more afraid of the vaccine than the virus.
The spread of vaccine misinformation is in large part to blame for the gender gap, experts say.