Poor social mobilization and insufficient community participation have been identified as major contributing factors to poor immunization coverage in Uganda. To raise and sustain immunization coverage, the Uganda Ministry of Health elected to pursue the Community Problem Solving and Strategy Development (CPSSD) approach, which is designed to help health workers learn to work with communities, understand community perspectives about immunization services, and encourage community support and participation in immunization delivery. This brief describes the CPSSD approach as applied in Uganda and its alignment with the Reaching Every District (RED) strategy developed and supported by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). Moreover, it reports on the positive results of the CPSSD approach, including improvements in immunization coverage, declines in drop-out rates, and improvements in health worker and parent interpersonal communication.

Below are training modules, developed by the Uganda Expanded Program on Immunisation (UNEPI) and BASICS II, for implementing the CPSSD approach :

CPSSD - Introduction to the Approach and Description of Facilitator Training

CPSSD - Facilitators' Guide: Consultation I

CPSSD - Facilitators' Guide: Consultation II