Overcoming Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccination: Strategies for Effective Pro-Vaccination Campaign

Introduction
COVID-19 was spread in the year 2020 across whole world which not only created
health risks but also impacted economies of various countries worldwide. Several
countries developed vaccine against this virus which is the current solution. But
many citizens of countries ignored getting their shot of vaccine because of lack of
information and fear about vaccine (Hassankhani and et. al., 2021). In this report,
different barriers faced by people in getting vaccination and effective strategies
against it has been discussed.
Common challenges and barriers
 Physical barriers:
Vaccine for COVID-19 has been developed and government aims to
vaccinate population across country but some of the people does not know how to
book their slots. They also face obstacles in reaching to centres as they are far from
their place of residence.
Pro Vaccination Campaign
 Emotional barriers:
People are frightened and do not have faith in vaccine as they believe that
it will make them sick or some side effects will occur in their body. They also
want to avoid contact with other people and that's why they ignore to visit
vaccination centres (Khai and et. al., 2020).
 Information barriers:
Some people lacks whole information about the process of getting
vaccinated or about vaccine. As there is lot of negativity regarding vaccine
which also spread misinformation among people and make them doubt about the
vaccine.
• Cultural barriers:
The population of UK is diverse and comes from different culture as well
as background which sometimes creates trouble for understanding them believes.
Health care departments in the country sometimes lacks to provide care to people
with different values and behaviour.