What is the World Doing about COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance?

/in , /by

Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the WHO declared vaccination hesitancy one of the Top 10 threats to global health in 2019.

A vaccine will help prevent new infections, and more than that, it will help businesses and schools in hard-hit countries get back to normal. Vast amounts of money have been invested in finding a vaccine and media reports update us regularly on the progress of over 200 candidate vaccines under evaluation.This blog shares research on vaccine acceptance worldwide.

Source: What is the World Doing about COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance?

    Views 601

    The Public’s Role in COVID-19 Vaccination: Planning Recommendations Informed by Design Thinking and the Social, Behavioral, and Communication Sciences

    /in , , /by

    This report considers human factors in relation to future vaccines against COVID-19, drawing on insights from design thinking and the social, behavioral, and communication sciences. It provides recommendations—directed to both US policymakers and practitioners, as well as nontraditional partners new to public health’s mission of vaccination—on how to advance public understanding of, access to, and acceptance of vaccines that protect against COVID-19.

    The report offers several recommendations for enhancing acceptance of vaccines:

    • Put people at the center of a revolutionary SARS-CoV-2 vaccine research enterprise
    • Understand and inform public expectations about vaccine benefits, risks, and supply
    • Earn the public’s confidence that vaccine allocation and distribution are evenhanded
    • Make vaccination available in safe, familiar, and convenient places
    • Communicate in meaningful, relevant, and personal terms, crowding out misinformation –
    • Establish independent representative bodies (i.e., public oversight committees) to instill public ownership of the vaccination program

    Source: The Public’s Role in COVID-19 Vaccination: Planning Recommendations Informed by Design Thinking and the Social, Behavioral, and Communication Sciences

      Views 611

      WHO COVID-19 Learning Resources Application

      /in , , , , , , /by

      The WHO mobile learning app focuses on providing frontline health workers with critical, evidence-based information and tools to improve their skills and capabilities related to the pandemic.

      This COVID-19 Digital Response offers up-to-the-minute guidance, training, and virtual workshops to support health workers in caring for patients infected by COVID-19, as well as how they can protect themselves as they do their critical work.

      The app was created in direct response to an online survey of health workers conducted in March and April 2020 that received 20,000 submissions. Key features include learning guidance, learning materials, and tools organized into the following COVID-19 subject matter areas:

      • Case Management: How to care for COVID-19 patients
      • Infection Prevention Control: Protecting health worker and the community
      • Risk Communication and Community Engagement: Communicating effectively with the public
      • Epidemiology: Distribution, characteristics, and determinants of COVID-19
      • Statistics: Updated news and statistics on the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Laboratory: Testing for COVID-19 in humans
      • Health Services and Systems: Strategic planning and coordinated action
      • International Health Regulations: Public health and international spread of disease
      • Research & Development: Working towards a treatment and a vaccine
      • Operational Support and Logistics
      • Regional Information

      The WHO mobile learning app is a convenient tool for accessing WHO’s rapidly expanding and evolving training materials and guidance, along with opportunities to participate in virtual classrooms and other live training in six global languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

      Source: WHO COVID-19 Learning Resources Application

        Views 577

        COVID-19 Guidance for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

        /in , , , , /by

        This page includes frequently asked questions about COVID-19 and pregnancy. The CDC provides information about what is known and unknown about pregnant women and infants and effects of COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding.

        Source: COVID-19 Guidance for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

          Views 533