Kunieda); Ministry of Public Health, Niamey, Niger (
Manzo) Strengthened communication interventions may be effective in improving both the acceptability of health services and low vaccination coverage. In Niger, there is a relatively high rate of initial access to vaccination. As accessibility and availability of services are not problematic, acceptability becomes the issue. In the field, officials frequently attribute the high vaccination drop-out rate on the lack of maternal education - a factor that can be changed but only with time. However, low-income countries need to identify interventions that would have a more immediate and equitable effect on increasing vaccine acceptability and uptake. This study aimed to identify rapidly modifiable factors associated with full vaccination status among children in Niamey, Niger.
.encouraging and supporting community engagement initiatives through trained Village Health Committees has proved successful in disseminating COVID-19 prevention messages and in fostering local adaptation and resilience to the pandemic. In 2020-2021, in partnership with the Republican Centre for Health Promotion and Mass Communication (the agency mandated by the Ministry of Health), a World Bank team contributed to the development of a joint action plan for a nation-wide communication campaign to raise public awareness about COVID-19 and encourage preventive behaviours in the Kyrgyz Republic. Community-led communication campaigns and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions have also been implemented in schools and the wider community in various regions.