Understanding caregivers’ and community influencers’ perspectives on the barriers to childhood immunisation in Northern Nigerian States with public-private partnerships in routine immunisation programme

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 1471 - 10
• Main Authors: Etim, Eno-Obong E., Odiachi, Angela, Dougherty, Leanne, Alabi, Matthew, Adetunji, Adetayo, Adedimeji, Adebola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.04.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accountability; Adult; Barriers; BCG; BCG vaccines; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Capacity development; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; Children; Children & youth; Collaboration; Community; COVID-19 vaccines; Data collection; Discordance; Dosage and administration; Employees; Female; Focus Groups; Funding; Health aspects; Health care facilities; Health facilities; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Immunisation; Immunization; Immunization Programs; Male; Measles; Medical personnel; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Middle Aged; Mortality; Nigeria; Non-adopters; Northern Nigeria; Pandemics; Partial adopters; Practice; Public health; Public private partnerships; Public-private sector cooperation; Public-Private Sector Partnerships; Qualitative Research; Side effects; Social interactions; Supply chains; Vaccination; Vaccines; Viral vaccines; Young Adult; Nigeria; Caregivers; Partial adopters; Northern Nigeria; Non-adopters; Barriers; Immunisation

Despite investments by the Nigerian government and international organisations in childhood immunisation to combat child mortality, coverage in many northern states remains below the national average, thereby increasing the risk of vaccine-preventable diseases. This paper examines the barriers to im...