Nigeria

Building Trust and Empathy Around COVID-19: A Client-Centred Communication Approach

BookletClinical/Technical GuidanceTraining/Education

A participant’s booklet used to train facility-based healthcare workers on Building Trust and Empathy Around COVID-19.

Data for ACTION RCCE for COVID-19 Vaccine Demand in Eastern and Southern Africa: Special Edition on Adolescents and Youth

News and UpdatesReports and Studies

This is a document explaining the importance of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, as they make up 70% of the population.

Adapting SBC Programming for MNCH in Nigeria During COVID-19

Reports and StudiesTechnical Briefs

Breakthrough ACTION developed a brief case study capturing adaptations in the MNCH space during COVID-19 drawing from the Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria experience. It includes lessons learned coupled with innovations carried out in light of the lockdown restrictions and as vaccines have rolled out.

COVID-19 Vaccination Card Game

SBC CampaignSBC Materials

A card game to test people’s knowledge about the risk factors of COVID-19. It presents various scenarios is which one person is wearing a mask and/or vaccinated and the other person is not and then has the player determine which person is at a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19.

Mapping Access Gaps in COVID-19: Results from 14 Countries and Territories

Reports and Studies

This report, created by Matahari Global Solutions and other partners, explains the results of access gaps in COVID-19 testing and vaccines in 14 countries and territories. Some of the countries and territories include: Bangladesh, DRC, Jamaica, Haiti, Peru, Senegal, and Somalia.

Social and Behaviour Change Communication in a Disinformation Age: Nigeria Webinar

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Development Communications Network, in partnership with Health Promotion and Education (HPE) Alumni Association, are pleased to present to you a recording of a webinar on improving social and behaviour change communication with a special focus on the Africa region.

Guidelines for Health Care Workers on COVID-19

Clinical/Technical GuidanceTraining/Education

The following steps help healthcare workers protect themselves, their clients, and other people they contact.

Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Integrated Video

Social MediaTV spotsVideo

This video integrated COVID-19 and Tuberculosis messaging and directions to get tested.

COVID-19 Co-morbidity Fliers

Posters

These fliers urge people with the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

COVID-19 and Meta: Social and Behavioral Change Communication Learnings from 20 Countries

News and UpdatesSocial Media

Throughout 2021, CARE launched 45 locally-led campaigns in 20 countries applying lessons learned during an eight-week training series with Meta. In the second half of 2021, participating countries built on their learnings from their first campaigns and attempted to answer new questions that arose all while creating culturally appropriate messaging to encourage the adoption of preventative behaviors and/or to build trust in the vaccine, even if it wasn’t yet available.

Key Messages for Religious and Traditional Leaders on COVID-19

Booklet

This booklet provides adequate messages for religious and traditional leaders on COVID-19. The booklet is available in English and Hausa.

Three Insights to Help Overcome COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

News and UpdatesReports and Studies

As part of the USAID-funded Breakthrough ACTION project, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and partner ideas42 are working with teams and governments in eight countries — Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Philippines, and Nigeria — to understand and target demand-side barriers to improve acceptance and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID-19 Response in Nigeria: A State-to-State Learning Report

Reports and Studies

This report details findings and key learning from a State-to-State learning exchange workshop designed to understand how Nigeria addresses the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and State Primary Health Care Development Agencies/Boards from Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, FCT, Kano, and Sokoto were part of this learning exchange.

Country Spotlight: Worry about Catching COVID-19 in Nigeria

News and Updates

The percentage of respondents reporting “a great deal” of worry has been below 40% on the COVID Behaviors Dashboard for nearly a year (June 2021). With less than 10% of the population vaccinated against COVID-19 as of May 2022 and the potential for underreporting of cases contributing to inaccurate measures of the true toll of COVID-19, public health messaging and targeting vulnerable or hard to reach populations may be critical to successful vaccination campaigns. Nigeria has seen success in relying on its polio response network to deliver COVID-19 and other vaccines, indicating a valuable strategy for current and future pandemics.

Engaging Religious Leaders to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination

News and Updates

The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs-led Breakthrough ACTION project has been working in Malawi to engage religious leaders, educate them and help them use what they learn to help their congregants understand the value of vaccination and other COVID-prevention methods.

COVID-19 Campaign for Health Care Workers in Nigeria

Digital ToolSBC CampaignSocial MediaTestimonials

On this website, you’ll find creative content to use in COVID-19 vaccine campaigns for healthcare workers. From testimonials to memes and comic-strip illustrations, there are many content types and styles to work with.

Comic Strip: Health Care Workers Who Get Vaccinated Are Heroes

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Health workers like you are putting their trust in science, getting the COVID-19 vaccine, and feeling more confident treating patients. You can feel safer at work too.

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Nigeria digital campaign

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A Digital Social and Behavior Change Communication Campaign in Bauchi and Sokoto States, Nigeria, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) partners: MC Saatchi, Upswell, George Washington University, Syndani Initiative and ID Africa. This includes videos, social media posts.

The Perception of COVID-19 communication in West Africa (non-Sahel): report

Reports and Studies

UNESCO Abuja Office initiated a survey on Perception of COVID-19 Communication in West Africa (non-Sahel). The survey was developed to understand how people in some Western African countries obtain and use the Information on COVID-19 for informed decisions.

COVID-19 Radio Spots – Akwa Ibom

Radio/Audio Spots

These are 11 COVID-19 Radio Spots for audiences in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. They address vaccine types, immunity and accessibility. These spots are in English, with translations in Pidgin, Annang and Ibibio languages.

COVID-19 Radio Spots – Oyo State

Radio/Audio Spots

Eight radio spots in English, Pidgin and Yoruba addressing vaccine efficacy, hesitancy, safety and preventive guidelines.