Given the complexity of vaccine hesitancy, and how context specific it is, varying across time, place and vaccine, there is no silver bullet, or single intervention to addressing vaccine hesitancy. Identified strategies should be carefully tailored according to the target population, their reasons for hesitancy, and the specific context. It is key to identify the … Continued
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LNCT Webinar Resources: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Challenges
LNCT hosted a webinar on February 6, 2020 on Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Challenges. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine presented a summary of the key issues and lessons learned during LNCT’s vaccine hesitancy workshop which took place in Geneva in November 2019. Armenia shared their experience introducing the HPV vaccination, challenges (including on … Continued
Takeaways from the LNCT Vaccine Hesitancy Workshop: Geneva, Switzerland (November 18-19, 2019)
Authors: Kristen de Graaf, Ekaterine Adamia, Nona Beradze, Ivdity Chikovani On November 18-19, 2019, delegates from the Learning Network for Countries in Transition (LNCT) participated in a vaccine hesitancy workshop in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting brought together 12 actively engaged LNCT members from Armenia, Georgia, Ghana, Lao PDR, Uzbekistan and Vietnam with experts from the … Continued
LNCT 2019 Vaccine Hesitancy Workshop Geneva Resources
Meeting Materials Day 1 Welcome and Introductions – English | русский | Audio Recording Session 1: Understanding Hesitancy, Building Confidence – English | русский | Audio Recording Session 2: How Social Media Monitoring Can Support Your Vaccine Program – English | русский | Audio Recording Session 3: Managing Risk and Rumors: Addressing Safety Concerns and … Continued
Supporting LNCT Countries in Assessing and Addressing Their Vaccine Hesitancy: Landscaping Report
This report is available in: English | Portugués | русский Recognizing that addressing vaccine hesitancy is a priority in many LNCT countries, the Vaccine Confidence ProjectTM at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) conducted a landscape to identify the key hesitancy challenges faced by LNCT countries and the strategies they use to … Continued
Announcing LNCT’s Vaccine Hesitancy Workshop, November 18-19, 2019 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Authors: Heidi Larson, Pauline Paterson, Leah Ewald, and Kristen de Graaf On November 18-19, six LNCT countries are gathering with experts from Gavi, WHO, UNICEF, Common Thread, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Results for Development in Geneva, Switzerland to put their heads together on developing local solutions to the global challenge … Continued
How Organisations Promoting Vaccination Respond to Misinformation on Social Media: A Qualitative Investigation
Background Vaccination misinformation is associated with serious public health consequences, such as a decrease in vaccination rates and a risk of disease outbreaks. Although social media offers organisations promoting vaccination unparalleled opportunities to promote evidence and counterbalance misinformation, we know relatively little about their internal workings. The aim of this paper is to explore the … Continued
WHO Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy
WHO’s Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy web page provides resources on assessing and addressing hesitancy, areas of intervention to consider depending on the country’s context, guides to working with community health workers, community engagement, and more.
Vaccine Acceptance Research Network
The Vaccination Acceptance Research Network (VARN) is building a multi-disciplinary global network to foster social and behavioral science research collaborations with immunization programs and advocates to address vaccination acceptance challenges. The network’s strengths include access to research experts from multiple disciplines and geographic regions, a strong connection to country immunization program managers, and the ability to … Continued
VaccineConfidence.org – Resource for Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal
VaccineConfidence.org is a platform for individuals and organizations working to improve vaccine hesitancy and refusal. The website was created by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Vaccine Confidence Project. It contains resources, literature, and videos pertaining to vaccine acceptance and hesitancy.