Data-driven insights:
Immunization in Pakistan.
Pakistan’s immunization system faces persistent challenges—inequitable access, logistical gaps, and public hesitancy. At RADS, we transform data into targeted insights. These briefs offer clear, evidence-based analysis and practical recommendations to help policymakers and implementers strengthen routine immunization, address barriers, and build trust for a healthier, more resilient future.
Despite growing investments, Pakistan’s childhood immunization coverage remains uneven and incomplete. From regional disparities to gender-based gaps, this analysis explores why many children still miss life-saving vaccines—and what the data reveals about the urgent need for more effective, targeted strategies.
Mismatched records and unreliable survey methods distort Pakistan’s immunization data, making it hard to track true coverage. This analysis breaks down where the gaps are—between mothers’ recall, vaccination cards, and facility records—and offers concrete ways to improve accuracy through better oversight and digital recordkeeping.
Maternal recall is often used to measure immunization coverage—but how accurate is it? Explore global and local evidence that reveals how data collection methods can distort the full picture and what smarter approaches can do to improve how we understand vaccine access.
Immunization success depends more on parental behavior and access than workforce numbers. Explore how infrastructure design and household dynamics shape vaccine delivery outcomes.
Explore how mismanagement—not lack of funding—is at the heart of the issue, and what decisive, low-cost reforms could unlock real impact.
Parental education, household wealth, urban residence, and proximity to health facilities all significantly increase the likelihood of children being fully immunized in Pakistan. This analysis reveals that the children left behind aren’t invisible—they’re marginalized within the same communities. Understanding these patterns is key to designing outreach that truly reaches every child.
Mismatched records and unreliable survey methods distort Pakistan’s immunization data, making it hard to track true coverage. This analysis breaks down where the gaps are—between mothers’ recall, vaccination cards, and facility records—and offers concrete ways to improve accuracy through better oversight and digital recordkeeping.
Widespread mistrust and lack of awareness are keeping polio vaccines out of reach for vulnerable communities. Discover how deeply entrenched misconceptions, low health literacy, and barriers in communication prevent uptake—especially among low-income Pashtun families—and what it will take to turn that tide.
Strong community engagement can be a game-changer for public health. This study highlights how hyper-local awareness campaigns and strategic government messaging significantly improved vaccine willingness and uptake in low-income urban areas—especially where access to health services is limited. Discover what works, what doesn’t, and how context-specific interventions can drive real behavioral change.
Discover how Pakistan’s immunization facilities can deliver more with less. By identifying efficiency gaps, this analysis reveals how smart resource allocation—using existing data—could dramatically improve vaccine coverage without increasing costs.
Explore the complex realities behind polio vaccine refusals in Pakistan’s Pashtun communities. From identity and state distrust to campaign fatigue and cultural disconnects, this ethnographic insight unveils the human side of resistance—and what it will take to rebuild trust, improve outreach, and finally close the immunization gap.
Not everyone who’s informed is ready to act—especially when it comes to vaccines. Explore how perceptions of risk, age, education, and personal experience shaped COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan’s major urban centers, and why awareness alone wasn’t enough to ensure action.
Outdated planning, mismatched teams, and rigid campaign structures are just a few of the hidden roadblocks hindering Pakistan’s fight against polio. Discover how local context, community trust, and frontline worker support hold the key to breaking through—and what needs to change to make eradication a reality.
Clients didn’t stop visiting clinics during COVID-19—but what they chose changed. This data dive reveals how product distribution fell, privacy mattered more than ever, and users shifted between short-term contraceptives.