Lahore University of Management Sciences Immunization interactions between parents and frontline bureaucrats are shaped by the former s perceptions of the state and its representatives. Based on public beliefs and past experience, many perceive them to be untrustworthy or unreliable. Pakistan is one of two countries where wild polio is still endemic and is ranked third for un- or under-immunised children. Why is this the case, when considerable donor and government funds have been spent on Pakistan s Expanded Program for Immunization (EPI)? One factor is that, unlike antibiotics or other medication, vaccines are administered when a child is not presenting with any symptoms. Therefore, significant learning, compliance, and psychological costs are imposed as parents try to gather information and cultivate trust in governmental (EPI) provision of vaccines. The consequence can be vaccine hesitancy: suspicion or even outright fear of vaccination. Based on a year of mixed-methods rese
SA missing childhood immunisation catch-up targets
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JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. Innovative learning strategies outside of formal classroom trainings are needed to improve frontline health workers competencies for achieving immunization coverage goals that have become more important now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Immunisation training for healthcare providers has until recently predominately taken the form of classroom-based lectures. Increasingly, however, learner-centred education methods are being used to encourage active participation and learning, with the traditional lecture method complemented by need-based, individualised, and interactive immunisation capacity building that doesn t disrupt healthcare workers regular duties and that strengthens networking and communication among nurses. This case study describes JSI (John Snow, Inc.) Research & Training Institute s pilot use of peer mentoring with WhatsApp for immunisation capacity building of maternal and child health (MCH) nurses in the Lari and Machako