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Lebashe chair Tshepo Mahloele is a key part of the 10th anniversary event and initiatives to end global poverty after his appointment as patron of Global Citizen in Africa earlier this year. He will occupy the office for the next three years.

"[C]ommunication and community engagement efforts need to focus not only on persuading the small fraction of parents and other caregivers who are not accepting OPV today, but also on preventing erosion of OPV acceptance among caregivers who have been accepting it previously."

"...online health EE, particularly pro-health content that engages audiences with captivating stories, can lead to positive changes in KAN among netizens in francophone West Africa." In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the use of storytelling in entertainment-education (EE) has been leveraged for decades to promote pro-health attitudes and

COVID-19 pandemic, spotlighting the glaringly disproportionate systemic injustices related to public health and the economic impact on minoritized communities.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the international community to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and make it a top priority.

"[C]ontinuous and targeted social mobilization for HPV vaccine and engagement of community members is mandatory for the continued success of the program and demonstrates the value of a detailed communications and risk communications plan..."

"Whistleblowing is the most effective way of uncovering corruption and other wrongdoing.

"A vaccination schedule is complex and dynamic that requires repetitive and timely clinic visits by children and their caretakers." African countries suffer not only from low vaccination coverage but also from high dropout rate and delayed vaccination uptake.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called for taking effective initiatives to ensure that international commitments are appropriately met for the implementation of the UN-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "…effective initiatives need to be taken to ensure that international commitments are appropriately met and implemented," she told the opening session of the

Make best use of funds in effective implementation of SDGs: PM