Levine, Fink); University of Basel (
Levine, Fink); Innovations for Poverty Action (
Salifu, Mohammed) .supports existing evidence that regular outreach to encourage and support vaccination can improve immunization coverage in low-resource settings, and may be especially effective when combined with household incentives. Timeliness of childhood vaccines remains a challenge in many settings. At the same time, access to mobile phones and mobile data network coverage is expanding rapidly. Mobile phone-based public health (mHealth) strategies have the potential: to reach difficult-to-access populations with information and messaging; to support communication, coordination, tracking, and supervision of vaccination programmes; and to improve awareness, demand for, and utilisation of vaccine services. Financial incentives have also demonstrated impact in facilitating individual behaviour change in public health programmes. This study assessed if mobile-phone-based reminders and incen
First Lady Frances Wolf and Acting Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson led a discussion about the COVID-19 vaccines and reproductive health during a Facebook
Dagadu); Save the Children Kenya (
Muriuki, Aden, Jelle) Norms related to child spacing and FP [family planning] are often upheld by important individuals in a woman s reference group, which can in turn influence her use. Gender norms are social norms that define what is expected and acceptable for a woman or man in a given society. Unequal gender norms tend to disadvantage women, who are often not in charge of their own reproductive and sexual health (RSH) decisions, including their use of modern family planning (FP) methods. Amongst pastoralist communities in Kenya, women make decisions related to pregnancy and childbirth with others, influenced by perceived normative approval or disapproval. These marginalised communities have little or no access to RSH services due to a range of cultural, political, economic, and structural factors. This paper has four aims: to explore pastoralist women s views on modern FP; to describe the social support networks in which pastoralist women
".the need for increased communication and engagement strategies around maternal vaccination [in Uganda]." The World Health Organization (WHO) and others have recognised the importance of contextualised and tailored delivery of vaccination programmes to identify possible concerns that could undermine confidence in vaccines.