Barriers of Immunization and SBCC Interventions

1. Barriers of Immunization
and SBCC Interventions
Mohammad Aslam Shaiekh

2. Prone areas of zero dose and missed out
children with immunizations
• Children in remote villages, miles from the nearest road.
• Children in urban slums where newly arrived families live in
anonymity.
• Children in conflict zone.
• Hard to reach area.
• Marginalized community.
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3. Barriers of Childhood Vaccinations
• Lack of knowledge and awareness.
• Parental trust in the safety of vaccinations
• Perceived health importance of childhood vaccinations.
• Easily accessibility and Positive attitude towards vaccinations within
the community.
• Limited family support and work overload to mothers
• Mobility restrictions of women mostly in Muslim community.
• Forgetting the next vaccination schedule
• Migration of parents.
• Rumors and misinformation about vaccination
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4. Social & Gender Norms Related to
Vaccinations
• Women have less education than men.
• Women are not allowed to travel alone.
• The decision making power have husband.
• Women are not allowed to carry the cell phone and they are unable get
digitalized health information.
• Domestic care obligations.
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5. Key SBCC Interventions to Address the
Barrier to Childhood Vaccinations
• Building mass awareness activities.
• Educating the parents and care giver on the importance of
vaccinations.
• Catch-up on the vaccination of children missed during pandemic.
• Community mobilization for providing information about
vaccinations.
• Support mother groups meeting, parents meeting
• Home visits and counselling sessions.
• Follow-up with mothers for their child immunization.
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6. Way Forwards
• Parenting Education regarding the importance of vaccinations.
• Adequate vaccine supplies and Equal distributions.
• Ensuring the physical and monetary access to vaccine services.
• Requirement of multisector approach for FIC.
• Adopt the strategy of “leave no one behind”.
• Meet the challenges in emergency situations like COVID 19.
• Strengthen the confidence in vaccination through community
engagement, tackling the gender barriers.
• Building resilient health system.
• Invest in immunization and health.
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