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Vaccination Demand Observatory launched to strengthen local communication programs to address vaccine misinformation
UNICEF, Yale Institute for Global Health, and Public Good Projects team up to create the Vaccination Demand Observatory to equip country teams with tools to counter misinformation and mistrust related to all vaccines
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As countries begin rolling out COVID-19 vaccination, public health experts know that the last inch getting the vaccine from vial to arm can be the hardest. Public uncertainty in the current pandemic has been exacerbated by an infodemic, a confusing epidemic of information and misinformation. The Vaccination Demand Observatory (The Observatory) is developing tools, training, technical support and research to equip in-country teams to mitigate the impact of misinformation and mistrust on all vaccines. This program is organized in three pillars: social listening analytics and insight generati
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KARACHI: The urgency of the safety measures taken for the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted routine immunisation of children in Sindh and it must be countered with a mass information campaign regarding vaccination safety and need, experts said at a webinar, debunking myths surrounding vaccination.
The event was organised by Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) with the Extended Programme on Immunisation, Sindh (EPI), says a statement.
The webinar titled ‘Myths and facts about immunisation during the pandemic’ was held as part of World Immunisation Week to address the myths and misconceptions about the Covid-19 vaccines.
Vaccines save millions of lives each year, say medical experts The World Health Organization (WHO) said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many children had not been vaccinated, leaving them at risk of serious diseases like measles and polio. A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine at a coronavirus vaccination centre at the Fazl Mosque in southwest London on March 23, 2021, on the first anniversary of the first national COVID-19 lockdown. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP
CAPE TOWN - Medical experts have stressed the importance of people sticking to prescribed immunisation schedules.
Under the banner ‘vaccines bring us closer’ the World Health Organization’s World Immunization Week is being commemorated during the last week of April.