title: How disease prevention fails without good communication.
abstract: Even where resources are plentiful, efforts to achieve full immunization coverage fail if staff and users are misinformed and unmotivated. A highly practical study in Lagos pinpoints some of these failures and suggests ways of overcoming them.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Ekunwe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Macauley
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ayodele
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010349:Patient Compliance; D015397:Program Evaluation