Threats to oral polio vaccine acceptance in Somalia: Polling in an outbreak.

CONCLUSIONS: As in endemic settings, outbreak responses will benefit from communications strategies focused on enhancing trust in vaccinators, institutions and the vaccine, alongside making community support visible. Disease facts may help motivate acceptance, and enhanced logistics information may help facilitate caregiver availability at the door. Quelling rumors early may be important to prevent them from becoming threats.
PMID: 29958738 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - June 26, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: SteelFisher GK, Blendon RJ, Haydarov R, Lodge W, Caporello H, Guirguis S, Anand S, Birungi J, Williams MR, Ben-Porath EN, O'Reilly D, Sahm C Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research