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- Title
Why isn’t everyone using the thermotolerant vaccine? Preferences for Newcastle disease vaccines by chicken-owning households in Tanzania.
- Authors
Campbell, Zoë A.; Thumbi, Samuel M.; Marsh, Thomas L.; Quinlan, Marsha B.; Shirima, Gabriel M.; Palmer, Guy H.
- Abstract
Understanding preferences for veterinary vaccines in low and middle-income countries is important for increasing vaccination coverage against infectious diseases, especially when the consumer is responsible for choosing between similar vaccines. Over-the-counter sales of vaccines without a prescription gives decision-making power to consumers who may value vaccine traits differently from national or international experts and vaccine producers and distributers. We examine consumer preferences for La Sota and I-2 Newcastle disease vaccines in Tanzania to understand why two vaccines co-exist in the market when I-2 is considered technically superior because of its thermotolerance. Household survey and focus group results indicate consumers perceive both vaccines to be effective, use the two vaccines interchangeably when the preferred vaccine is unavailable, and base preferences more on administration style than thermotolerance. Considering the consumers’ perspectives provides a way to increase vaccination coverage by targeting users with a vaccine that fits their preferences.
- Subjects
TANZANIA; NEWCASTLE disease vaccines; CONSUMER behavior; CHICKEN diseases; VACCINES; CONSUMER preferences; MIDDLE-income countries; VETERINARY vaccines
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0220963