How to improve vaccine acceptability (evaluation, pharmacovigilance, communication, public health, mandatory vaccination, fears and beliefs)

Abstract

A flagship recommendation of the citizen's steering committee on immunization, the mandatory immunization for infants extended to 11 vaccines, introduced in January 2018, is part of a set of recommendations that must be considered as a whole, each component being indispensable to the achievement of objectives: restore confidence in vaccination and increase immunization coverage. Roundtable # 6 participants identified a decade of concrete initiatives that could address, at least in part, the committee's recommendations, including: developing information systems and data generation; simplify the vaccination journey and increase vaccination opportunities; developing training of health professionals; learning vaccines at school; using motivational interviewing in educational intervention; undertaking local initiatives; improving supply and communicate on the value of vaccines. To carry out these actions, it has been proposed that a joint ministerial task-force bringing together the different stakeholders at the national level should be set up to promote their implementation and follow-up, and at regional level, the establishment of an Agences régionales de santé awareness plan making vaccination a priority.

Keywords: Education; Hesitancy; Immunization; Information systems; Motivational interviewing; Vaccine.