We complement this literature by providing evidence on the limited impacts of the identity of ambassadors in a door-to-door campaign aimed to promote free and evidently ef- fective vaccination that can help suppress the spread and mitigate the impacts of an infectious disease. [...] During the visit an ambassador was instructed to deliver the following information: • The efficacy of the first and second dose of vaccine and the risks the virus poses to certain subgroups of the population. [...] 4.1.3 Intermediate Outcomes To investigate possible channels through which the intervention affects the vaccination deci- sion, we examine the impacts on some intermediate outcomes, such as an index of perceptions on the ambassadors and intervention, and indices of knowledge and beliefs about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. [...] This rate is relatively low compared to the national progress during the study period: an increase of 5 percentage points from 71% in February 2022—the start of the baseline survey—to 76% in September 2022, completion of the endline survey.27 The registration rate is, on average, 7.8%, and it appears relatively more pronounced in the Health Cadres group, 9.2%. [...] 5.2 Reasons for not Vaccinating To gain a deeper understanding of the results, we investigate the relationship between the intervention and the degree of misconceptions about COVID-19.29 Figure 3 presents the distribution of the main reason reported by respondents for not taking up vaccines in the baseline and endline.
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