[by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]¸ü¶àÌýÁ¦Çë·ÃÎÊ51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Researchers say public mistrust of vaccines [00:04.92]is causing diseases like measles and yellow fever to spread. [00:11.24]The scientists said the lower levels of trust can lead to people refusing vaccines. [00:20.16]This, in turn, can cause diseases to spread quickly, they warned. [00:26.56]But the researchers said they also found a high level of support [00:33.08]worldwide for vaccinating children against disease. [00:38.40]Scientists from Britain and Singapore reported the findings. [00:43.92]They work for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, [00:49.00]Imperial College London and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in Singapore. [00:57.36]The researchers questioned 66,000 people in 67 countries [01:03.96]to discover their ideas on whether vaccines are important, safe and effective. [01:11.40]They also wanted to know whether the development and use of vaccines [01:17.76]was in agreement with their religious beliefs. [01:22.16]The survey showed people in Southeast Asia had the highest level of trust in vaccines. [01:30.08]Africa showed the second highest level of confidence. [01:35.52]Europeans showed the lowest level of confidence in vaccines. [01:41.68]In France, 41 percent of the population questioned the safety of vaccines. [01:50.08]Heidi Larson is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. [01:56.56]She says recent media reports of problems involving vaccines [02:02.40]have hurt public confidence in France. [02:06.56]Larson noted that many Europeans worried about reports of possible links [02:13.12]between hepatitis B vaccines and the disease multiple sclerosis. [02:20.92]But she said scientists found no linkage between the two. [02:27.84]Mistrust in France was also driven by public reaction to the H1N1 influenza outbreak fears in 2009. [02:38.76]The French government spent $1.4 billion on 94 million doses of the vaccine. [02:49.54]The majority were sold or destroyed. [02:53.40]The findings come as a major yellow fever vaccination program [02:59.24]has been launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola. [03:05.36]The disease has already killed hundreds of people in the area. [03:11.04]The World Health Organization aims to vaccinate over 15 million people in both countries. [03:20.72]"If everyone agrees to be vaccinated, we can eliminate yellow fever from our country," [03:28.60]said Mosala Mireille, one of the doctors directing the program. [03:34.96]I'm Anne Ball.