A cash incentive program has successfully increased childhood vaccination rates in Northern Nigeria, a region known for vaccine hesitancy.
Northern Nigeria has a history of vaccine hesitancy, affecting millions annually. With cash incentives, an organization achieved over 3 million doses. Gombe, Nigeria: It’s 8 am on Monday, August 26, 2024, at the Pantami Primary Health care Centre in Pantami, a suburb in northeast Nigeria’s Gombe State.
The children’s vaccination hall is filled with a vibrant array of hijab colors: green, brown, white, and more, representing a mix of young and older mothers who brought their babies and toddlers for vaccination. Among them is 37-year-old Ashaitu Adamu, a mother of three. Inside the hall, a healthcare worker dressed in gray scrubs calls a number, and Ashaitu steps forward with her 15-month-old toddler, Fatima. The worker collects Fatima’s vaccination card, verifies it against the center’s records, and directs Ashaitu to another hall section. There, Fatima receives her final dose of the MCV vaccine, which helps prevent the virus that causes measles in children. The World Health Organization describes measles as an airborne disease that is “highly contagious.” But this last dose, which is also the last of the various vaccines she had been scheduled to take, means more than just disease prevention; it is also a hunger reliever for Ashaitu’s family. The dose makes Ashaitu eligible for N5,000 ($3) livelihood support. “My husband has not received his salary, and I left the house after morning prayers. My husband will come back to see food in the house today, all thanks to this money,” she says. “It hasn’t always been like this,” says Khalid Dauda Boi, the facility’s routine immunization officer, implying that mothers scarcely brought their children for vaccination until a cash incentive was introduced. “We often had to go out and persuade women to bring their children for vaccinations”
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