The interviews with the women and children beneficiaries (in this study, chosen conveniently during huts visit), focus on the means of living, children status and welfare, the availability of the health service, immunisation and common disease treatments.
It restricts the options for refusal to undergo immunisation or for postponement of immunisation available to beneficiaries.
Successful implementation of immunisation programmes requires adequate availability of all the items outlined in all the building blocks of the WHO health system framework.
Whilst feasible for pneumococcal vaccine, this approach may be limited by the availability of influenza vaccine outwith the immunisation calendar.
There were intermittent availability of vaccines and transport for immunisation services at both private and public facilities.
In addition, in each village a social worker was responsible for identifying children, informing mothers about the availability of the immunisation camps, and educating them about the benefits of immunisation.
Ten facilities were purposively selected, based on a minimum number of postpartum women attending per month (to be able to achieve the necessary sample sizes) and the availability of HIV, PMTCT, postpartum, FP and immunisation services at these facilities.
First, we took the number of health facilities per 1,000 population to measure the availability of healthcare providers, especially in regard to immunisation services (hospitals, health centres, and village health posts).
To prevent the re-emergence or outbreaks of infectious disease, the UAE has invested significant resources into population-based control measures, such as immunisation, surveillance, and the availability of post-exposure treatment (where possible).
