Prevalence of Parental refusal rate and its associated factors in routine immunization by using WHO Vaccine Hesitancy tool: A Cross sectional study at district Bannu, KP, Pakistan.

Objective: To determine the vaccination refusal rate, associated factors and perceptions of parents who refused routine immunization for their children using the World Health Organization (WHO) SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy Survey Tool.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using multi-stage cluster sampling in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan from March 2019 to July 2019. A WHO validated questionaire was used.