Mothers' Knowledge and Perceptions

Some mothers misunderstood immunisation as treatment for sick children rather than prevention for healthy children. Some mothers thought one to three vaccination visits were enough to protect a child against all vaccine-preventable diseases. Some mothers delayed or avoided immunisation because they did not view childhood illnesses as consistently severe or fatal. Some mothers believed only familiar vaccines were needed because they associated them with well-known diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, and yellow fever.