Guidance
Understanding the behavioural and social drivers of vaccine uptake WHO position paper – May 2022
This is the first position paper to be published by WHO on the behavioural and social drivers (BeSD) of vaccine uptake. It summarizes the development of new tools and indicators to assess the BeSD of vaccine uptake for childhood and COVID-19 vaccination, enabling decision-makers on immunization policy, programme managers, and partners to address under-vaccination through an enhanced understanding of the underlying causes. This paper also reports the main findings of a scoping review that examined existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses on interventions to improve vaccine uptake – a first step towards understanding which interventions work to increase vaccine uptake, for whom, and in what settings. Finally, this paper makes recommendations for using the new tools and the resulting data to prioritize local interventions, and concludes with future research directions.
Authors
Languages
- English
- French
Publication year
2022
Type
Guidance
Categories
- Programme management
Organisations
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
Tags
- Demand
Topic references
DEMAND-BeSD
Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
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Behavioural and social drivers of vaccination Tools and practical guidance for achieving high uptake | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2022 | Guidance | English |
Understanding the behavioural and social drivers of vaccine uptake WHO position paper – May 2022 | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2022 | Guidance | English, French |