Trust in Science in the 2018 Global Health Monitor Report

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Perceived Science Knowledge per Country
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Percentage of people who answered “a lot” or “some” to the question: How much do you, personally, know about science? Do you know a lot, some, not much, or nothing at all?

Flash Facts

md`**${top_science_country}** had the *highest* percentage of respondents who perceived themselves as being knowledgeable about science (${top_science_percentage}). However, around ${top_science_vaccine_safety} of respondents *disagreed* on the safety of vaccines and about ${top_science_vaccine_effective} of respondents *disagreed* on vaccines' effectiveness.`

Flash Facts

md`Surveyed respondents from **${top_vaccine_country}** expressed some of the *least* disbelief in the effectiveness (${top_vaccine_effective}) and safety (${top_vaccine_safety}) amongst all respondents.`

Vaccine Safety and Efficacy
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Vaccine Safety by Region and Country
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Percentage of people who agreed with the statement: Vaccines are safe.