TABLE 2.
Reasons reported by caregivers for children aged ≥6 weeks not receiving inactivated poliovirus vaccine during a December vaccination campaign in refugee camps and surrounding communities*— Kenya, 2013
| Reasons | Children in refugee camps (n = 90) | Children in surrounding communities (n = 17) | Overall (N = 107) | |||
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| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| Communication/Social mobilization | ||||||
| Unaware of campaign | 7 | (8) | 0 | — | 7 | (7) |
| Didn’t know where to get vaccine | 47 | (52) | 2 | (12) | 49 | (46) |
| Delivery issues | ||||||
| Vaccination site too far | 3 | (3) | 0 | — | 3 | (3) |
| Vaccination time inconvenient | 4 | (4) | 0 | — | 4 | (4) |
| Individual reasons | ||||||
| Ill child | 5 | (6) | 0 | — | 5 | (5) |
| Fear of pain from injection | 3 | (3) | 5 | (29) | 8 | (7) |
| Fear of adverse effects from vaccine | 2 | (2) | 1 | (6) | 3 | (3) |
| Child absent during vaccination activities | 6 | (7) | 4 | (24) | 10 | (9) |
| Reason not recorded | 13 | (14) | 5 | (29) | 18 | (17) |
*
Twelve children received oral poliovirus vaccine only; 95 did not receive either vaccine.