Marie Van Espen

Biographic Data

ID8305112
NAMEMarie Van Espen
GIVEN NAMESMarie
FAMILY NAMEVan Espen
SIGNATUREVAN ESPEN M
AFFILIATIONSGhent University
ORCID0000-0001-8919-5059
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Presidential perspectives

    Open AccessZanna Ramaekers, Marie Van Espen et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2025

    This study examines the evolution of socio-political narratives regarding COVID-19 in the media and looks at their potential influence on COVID-19 vaccination willingness in Tanzania during the regimes of Presidents John Magufuli and Samia Suluhu Hassan. Through a longitudinal media analysis from March 2020 to September 2021, this paper explores how differing political approaches in immunisation governance, or lack thereof, influenced public perc…

  • Covid-19 vaccination willingness in peri-urban Tanzanian communities

    Open AccessMarie Van Espen, Sara Dewachter et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2023

    With only 5.1% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Tanzania has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the world and after two years of changing policies regarding the disease, the country struggles to get its vaccination campaign on the rails. In this study, we identify the determinants of COVID-19 vaccination willingness in two villages of the Mvomero district in Eastern Tanzania. Based on survey data, we performed univariate a…