A Qualitative Study to Assess Challenges Faced During AEFI Surveillance

Mandatory training of all private practitioners conducting immunizations, CHVs to work in collaboration with private doctors for active surveillance of AEFI, and online reporting to be made available for easy reporting. Proper counseling of mothers regarding giving paracetamol to the vaccine beneficiaries. Greater convergence is required between national regulators, and vaccine pharmacovigilance stakeholders including Central drugs standard control organisation (CDSCO), Pharmacovigilance programme of India (PvPI), and AEFI surveillance program, especially at the city and state level is required to handle vaccine safety issues at various levels in a faster and more effective manner.