Citizen Trust, Administrative Capacity and Administrative Burden in Pakistan's Immunization Program
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...
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