This is an infosheet touching on key topics of concern regarding COVID-19 vaccination. It addresses core components of hesitation, fears, and misunderstandings. Target audiences for this infographic are rural communities, those on the fence or undecided about vaccination, and adults with multiple comorbidities.
Source: On the Fence About COVID-19 Vaccines?
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USAID Breakthrough ACTION worked with the Philippines’ Department of Health and Evident Marketing Communications to set up social listening scans on COVID-19 information, prevention and treatment, and vaccine confidence. These scans help DOH navigate shifting narratives and counter misinformation and disinformation while promoting COVID-19 prevention behaviors. They are also useful for decision-making and evaluation and helpful in documenting lessons learned to continuously improve SBC approaches.
Source: Social listening supports COVID-19 Communication response in the Philippines
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After the rapid development of the COVID-19 vaccines and subsequent rollout, there has been an infodemic of misinformation circulating about COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy, reducing public trust in getting vaccinated. This social media toolkit aims to support Ministry of Health officials, frontline health workers, community leaders and members, and patient advocacy groups with key messages to help address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in their communities.
This toolkit is also available in Swahili, Luganda, and Nigerian Pidgin English.
Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Social Media Toolkit
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This video is about misinformation in the young generation and how to overcome it.
Source: Know the correct information it will keep away corona
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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.
Source: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Nigeria digital campaign
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The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic disrupted childhood immunization in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. After the epidemic, the Government of Sierra Leone prioritized community engagement to increase vaccination confidence and uptake. To support these efforts, we examined potential drivers of vaccination confidence and uptake in Sierra Leone.
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The aim of this study is to measure whether or not the COVID-19 vaccines causes changes in women’s menstrual cycle or unexpected vaginal bleeding.
Source: Menstruation and COVID-19 vaccination
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On the account of limited doses of COVID-19 available to the country, the Government of Ghana created a priority list of persons to target for its vaccination agenda. In this paper, we look at trust and how it informs willingness to take the COVID-19 vaccine among persons targeted for the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination program in Ghana.
Source: Trust and willingness towards COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a mixed-method study in Ghana, 2021
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This is a social media post from Baltimore City Health Department stating that although ginger ale can help settle an upset stomach, it’s not a substitute from getting the vaccine.
Source: Ginger Ale Can’t Cure COVID
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Save the Children’s comprehensive Risk Communications and Community Engagement (RCCE) manual focusing on COVID-19 RCCE and Social Behavior Change (SBC) actions is designed for local NGOs, youth, and child club networks, and those working on RCCE. The manual consists of hackable actions to achieve desired social and behavior level change, which is to increase awareness on COVID-19 protective behavior and strengthen vaccine uptake by collaborating with communities via tried and tested multi-entry points.
Source: Risk Communications and Community Engagement (RCCE) manual: COVID-19 and vaccination
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