Issue discussed | Number of participants that mentioned the issue | ||
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FGD | KII | IDI | |
Difficult terrain and geographic inaccessibility | 72 | 26 | 3 |
Cultural festivities | 13 | 18 | Â |
Patronage of traditional medical practice | 60 | 26 | 3 |
Wrongful attribution of disease to immunization | 38 | 7 | Â |
Effect of religious beliefs and practices, belief in traditional deities | 18 | 24 | 1 |
Protection of the firstborn child | Â | Â | 1 |
Patriarchy, male child preference, women’s low decision-making power and lack of male involvement | 20 | 2 | 1 |
Myths, misconceptions, superstitions and misinformation regarding immunization | 60 | 20 | 2 |
Distrust in vaccinators who are not from the community and the poor attitude of some female caregivers | 13 | 12 | Â |
Health system challenges | 31 | 17 | 2 |
Religion | 38 | 24 | 3 |
Traditional social control mechanisms | 130 | 26 | 2 |
Existence of pro-vaccine community members | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Community perception of CSO engagement | 15 | 24 | Â |
Assistance that CSOs expect from the community | 18 | 26 | Â |
Past experience in immunization | 32 | 26 | Â |
CSOs assist in repairing the road | 2 | Â | Â |
CSOs address myths and misconceptions regarding immunization | 3 | 2 | Â |
CSOs navigate hard-to-reach areas and assist the vaccinators | 7 | 13 | 1 |