Barriers and strategies to improve vaccine adverse events reporting: views from health workers and managers in Northern Ghana
Reporting of AEFIs contributes to improving vaccine safety, surveillance systems and prompt case management. However, the study identified multiple key factors at the regulatory, health system, and patient levels affecting AEFI reporting. Thus, improvements in line with these suggestions, including effective stakeholder engagement, are necessary to increase AEFI reporting.
Authors
- Patrick Ansah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3214-5621)
- Miriam Sturkenboom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1360-2388)
- Samuel Chatio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-748X)
- Marieke Hollestelle
- Abraham Rexford Oduro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4191-7419)
- Samuel Oladokun
- Daniel Weibel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1685-1478)
- Enyonam Duah
- Nana Akosua Ansah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0536-6349)
Institutions
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Navrongo Health Research Centre (GH)
- Ghana Health Service (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001464
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.67