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An integrated COVID-19 and the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination campaign in Tigray completed
New Delhi: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are indispensable, advocates and stakeholders across nations are continuing their sustained efforts to rework the communication strategies to accelerate the pace of achieving these global goals. Sneh Gupta (Senior Research Fellow) and Dr. Kulveen Trehan (Assistant Professor), University School of Mass Communication, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University have been named as winners of the UNICEF- International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Communication for Development Research Fund(C4D) Rese...
Two Nigerian lecturers win UNICEF global research grant The sponsored projects are expected to run from April to September, 2021. ADVERTISEMENT The university’s publicist, Wale Adekoya, said the announcementwas contained in a letter from Elske Van de Fliert, the Director, Centre for Communication and Social Change, School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland, Australia, on behalf of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). “Their winning proposal, titled “Trust and Mistrust in a Pandemic: Evaluation of Acceptance of COVID-19 Communica...
Ethiopia immunizes over 2 million girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) Format 05 February 2021 Ethiopia has just completed a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign targeting 2.4 million 14 year-old girls across the country in two cohorts. One cohort took HPV1 – the first dose of the vaccine, while the second cohort was vaccinated the second dose of the vaccine (HPV2), which they missed due to school closures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccination was conducted in schools, communities and health facilities from January 25 to 29, 2021. Advocacy, social mobilization...