Understanding and Responding to Vaccine Hesitancy

• Vaccine hesitancy refers to delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination despite availability of vaccination services (WHO).
• There are many factors that influence people’s decision to vaccinate. These include:
• Attitude of vaccinators
• Perceptions of what society and our environment expect us to do
• Perceptions of what others do
• Norms, customs and barriers to vaccination access
• The need to devote resources, time or effort to getting vaccinated
• The existence of administrative barriers, e.g., opening hours of the vaccination center