Table 3

Recommendations to improve childhood vaccination– Western Area Urban, Sierra Leone, 2018

Meaning unitCategorySubthemeTheme
Continue campaigns at repeated intervalsImproving vaccination processes and systemsCaregivers want improved vaccination processes, systems and engagementRecommendations to improve childhood vaccination
Do not rely on campaigns alone
Provision of incentives for caregivers
Concentrate on defaulters
Compensation/incentives for nurses
Being considerate towards health workers
Employ more staff
Stop demanding money
Promote consequences of not vaccinatingEngaging communities to boost vaccine confidence
Peer-to-peer promotion of immunisation
Inform about importance of immunisation
Address ‘stubborn’ caregivers
Engage caregivers who do not want injections