Vaccination sensitization strategies |
No sensitization conducted |
1 |
4.3 |
At least one sensitization conducted |
22 |
95.7 |
Sensitizations conducted |
Meetings in the communities |
22 |
100 |
Meetings with girls to be vaccinated |
22 |
100 |
Media campaigns (radio, TV, newspapers) |
17 |
77.2 |
Meetings with mothers at time of cervical cancer screening |
13 |
59.1 |
Obstacles for vaccination reported by the parents |
No obstacle reported |
4 |
17.4 |
At least one obstacle reported |
19 |
82.6 |
Obstacles reported |
Vaccination is a way to sterilize the girls |
11 |
57.9 |
Vaccine is not safe |
8 |
42.1 |
Vaccination only for girls and not for boys |
7 |
36.8 |
Vaccination is a family planning medication |
5 |
26.3 |
Girls aged 9 years are too young to receive vaccination |
5 |
26.3 |
Vaccination is not effective in preventing HPV infection and cervical cancer |
4 |
21.1 |
Vaccination gives girls permission to have sex |
3 |
15.8 |
Strategies to reach girls lost to follow-up |
No strategy implemented |
0 |
0 |
At least one strategy implemented |
23 |
100 |
Strategies implemented |
|
|
Teachers and school administration contact |
17 |
73.9 |
Phone calls to girls or family |
15 |
65.2 |
Community leader contact |
13 |
56.5 |
Visit to girl at home |
8 |
34.8 |
Religious leader contact |
2 |
8.7 |
Girls’ peers |
2 |
8.7 |
Obstacles for girls’ follow-up |
No challenge reported |
3 |
13.0 |
At least one obstacle reported |
20 |
87.0 |
Obstacles reported |
Girls have changed schools or move away |
16 |
80.0 |
School vacation or examination |
11 |
55.0 |
Incorrect reporting or lack of details on identity |
8 |
40.0 |
Limited transportation vehicles available |
7 |
35.0 |
Limited financial resources available |
7 |
35.0 |
Limited human resources available |
5 |
25.0 |
Difficulties of supply chain management |
No difficulty reported |
10 |
43.5 |
At least one difficulty reported |
13 |
56.5 |
Difficulties reported |
Vaccines reached expiration date |
6 |
46.2 |
Difficulties in transporting unused vaccines from sites |
5 |
38.5 |
Projections of vaccine needed on site did not match number of girls in the field |
3 |
23.1 |
Insufficient storage capacity at site level |
1 |
7.7 |
Vaccines damaged during transportation to site |
1 |
7.7 |
Difficulty of data management |
No difficulty reported |
7 |
30.4 |
At least one difficulty reported |
16 |
69.6 |
Difficulties reported |
Reports from vaccination sites were not received in time |
14 |
87.5 |
Reports from vaccination sites were incomplete or incorrect |
7 |
43.8 |
The system in place was time-intensive and cumbersome |
3 |
18.8 |