Breakthrough ACTION is working with traditional leaders to encourage people to get vaccinated. In the video, Senior Chief Mlolo of Nsanje shares why she got the COVID-19 vaccine, and she encourages people to get vaccinated.
Source: Traditional Leaders Advocating for the COVID-19 Vaccine
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This factsheet highlights the achievements and successes of the COVID-19 Vaccine project in Malawi implemented by Breakthrough ACTION. Breakthrough ACTION is supporting Malawi’s Ministry of Health to reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, promote vaccine uptake and promote positive attitudes towards the vaccine.
Areas of focus include coordination, public communication, community engagement, capacity building, and management of perceptions and misinformation.
Source: Breakthrough ACTION Malawi Factsheet on COVID-19
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This powerpoint shares a response to COVID-19 misinformation among vulnerable communities and people affected by humanitarian crises with a focus on Zimbabwe and South Sudan.
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This is a tweet from PSI Ethiopia encouraging Ethiopians to avoid misinformation and to get their COVID-19 vaccine at their nearest health center.
Source: Happy Ethiopian New Year – Vaccinate against #COVID-19
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A participant’s booklet used to train facility-based healthcare workers on Building Trust and Empathy Around COVID-19.
Source: Building Trust and Empathy Around COVID-19: A Client-Centred Communication Approach
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These are two 60-second audio spots produced by Breakthrough ACTION to increase awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine, and eligibility among pregnant and lactating women. The audio spots are available in English and translated into 16 local languages.
Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Audio Spots for Pregnant and Lactating Mothers in Ghana
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This video spot from Côte d’Ivoire was developed as the result of an analysis emerging from the national rumor management system indicating that people continued to be concerned regarding rumors around side effects, and wanted to see others like them getting vaccinated before making a decision. The spot aims to convey a positive and varied image of the protection that vaccination provides to people from different stages of life; it features people of a variety of ages, profiles, and occupations displaying their vaccination cards, describing their vaccination experience, dispelling rumors about severe side effects, and affirming that vaccination was easy, had minimal side effects, and that the protection it affords them against COVID-19 is worth the effort.
Source: Breakthrough ACTION Côte d’Ivoire COVID-19 Vaccination Video Spot: Get Vaccinated Like Me
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The “Good to Know” (Bon a Savoir) series consists of graphics shared on the Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Health’s social media platforms to address COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy. Individual graphics concisely address key rumors and misinformation that affect vaccine confidence according to the national rumor management system:
-Vaccines and fertility
-Common side effects
-Widespread availability of the vaccine across the country
Source: Côte d’Ivoire “Bon a Savoir” (Good to Know) COVID-19 Vaccine social media graphics series
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This exploratory study wants to understand the communication climate of Facebook on the COVID-19 vaccine issue, including the nature of dominant content and users’ engagement patterns with them.
Source: An exploratory study of social media users’ engagement with COVID-19 vaccine-related content
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JHCCP /BA COVID-19 is working with mClinica to conduct a campaign to pharmacy staff and pharmacy visitors to reach the elderly and other groups with low vaccination rates.
The campaign is carried out digitally (online) through SwipeRx and also by placing educational materials in proposed 200 pharmacies in 4 priority districts of the JHCCP/BA project in East Java and South Sulawesi (Lumajang District, Pasuruan District, Sinjai District, and Bantaeng District.)
This digital campaign was designed using the reference materials developed by the JHU CCP and MOH and was reviewed by Breakthrough Action and MOH and approved by the Ministry of Health on 6th July 2022. This report summarizes results from the initial 3-week deployment period in July 2022.
The campaign includes content designed to build pharmacy professionals’ counseling capacity to bust myths and address vaccine hesitancy. All content was deployed in Bahasa Indonesia.
Source: Breakthrough ACTION for COVID-19 campaign through Pharmacies Network
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