Table 1 Profile of vaccine decision makers in India who participated in this study, 2018
Study participant | Academic background (Basic science and research = Basic Science; Public Health/Community Medicine/, Humanities/Management = Humanities/ Public Health) | Category of organization of employment (Govt. of India=GOI, Technical body of the GOI = Technical body, UN organization, Donor organization = Donor, National level NPOs with policy influencing and vaccine roll out role = NPOs (Policy influencing), International /National Level NPOs with vaccine research and roll out role = NPOs (Research, roll-out, advocacy) | Governance levels MoHFW= Ministry, State level nodal institutions of the Ministry = State nodal office, Technical consortium under the aegis of the Ministry= Technical consortium, HQ in a developed country with country office in India = Country office in India, Principal financial recipient from a foreign donor and programmatic ownership of Govt. of India = Principal recipient projects, NPOs with an India office) | Organizational role for community engagement (Establish regulations = Regulatory, Carry out surveillance/research= Surveillance/research, Provide funding = Financial support, Develop policy guidelines/technical support = Technical support, Develop communication strategies and materials= Communication strategies, Implement nationally sanctioned policies and programs = Policy and program implementation) | Leadership’s level of decision making (Asia-Pacific region, National level, State level) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Basic Science | GOI | Ministry | Regulatory | National level |
2. | Basic Science | GOI | Ministry | Regulatory | National level |
3. | Basic Science | GOI | State nodal organization | Policy and program implementation | State level |
4. | Humanities& Public Health | GOI | State nodal organization | Policy and program implementation | National level |
5. | Basic Science | GOI | State nodal organization | Policy and program implementation | National level (Retired) |
6. | Basic Science | Technical body, GOI | Technical consortium | Technical support | National level |
7. | Basic Science | Technical body, GOI | Ministry | Policy and program implementation | National level |
8. | Basic Science | GOI | Ministry | Regulatory | National level |
9. | Basic Science | GOI | Ministry | Regulatory | National level |
10. | Basic Science | UN organization | Country office in India | Regulatory and Surveillance/research | Asia-Pacific region |
11. | Basic Science | UN organization | Country office in India | Technical support and Communication strategies | Asia-Pacific region |
12. | Basic Science | UN organization | Country office in India | Regulatory | Asia-Pacific region |
13. | Basic Science | Donor | Country office in India | Financial support & Technical support | National level |
14. | Basic Science | Donor | Country office in India | Financial support & Technical support | National level |
15. | Basic Science | Donor | Country office in India | Financial support | National level |
16. | Basic Science | NPOs (Policy influencing) | Principal recipient projects | Communication strategies & Policy and program implementation | National level |
17. | Basic Science | NPOs (Policy influencing) | Principal recipient projects | Communication strategies & Policy and program implementation | National level |
18. | Basic Science | NPOs (Policy influencing) | Principal recipient projects | Communication strategies & Policy and program implementation | State level |
19. | Humanities/ Public Health | NPOs (Policy influencing) | Principal recipient projects | Communication strategies & Policy and program implementation | National level |
20. | Humanities/ Public Health | NPOs (Research, roll-out, advocacy) | NPOs with India office only | Surveillance/research & Technical support | Asia-Pacific region |
21. | Basic Science | NPOs (Research, roll-out, advocacy) | NPOs with India office only | Surveillance/research & Technical support | Asia-Pacific region |
22. | Basic Science | NPOs (Research, roll-out, advocacy) | Country office in India | Regulatory & Surveillance/research | Asia-Pacific region |
23. | Basic Science | NPOs (Research, roll-out, advocacy) | Country office in India | Surveillance/research & Technical support | National level |
24. | Humanities/ Public Health | NPOs (Research, roll-out, advocacy) | Country office in India | Policy and program implementation | National level |
25. | Science | NPOs (Research, roll-out, advocacy) | Country office in India | Policy and program implementation | National level |