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February 2021.
Improving our response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Africa requires regularly updated information, constant innovation, and considerable support towards research and development (R&D) for priorities that respond to the African realities. Shaping the research agenda and stimula...ting the generation, translation, and dissemination of valuable knowledge is one of the core functions of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), African Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC), and WHO-AFRO. We need answers to a list of critical research questions that respond to the current realities on the African continent to guide the COVID-19 outbreak control efforts
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Health workers play a key role in ensuring the continued safety of COVID-19 vaccines
It can be difficult to know which sources of information you can trust. Learn more about finding credible vaccine information.
Updated 19 August 2021
8 Febr. 2021. The South African Council of Churches is holding a media briefing to speak on the myths on the coronavirus vaccines in light of the conspiracy theories making the rounds.
Conspiracy theories about the coronavirus vaccine have been doing the rounds for a while now.
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery workstream has released guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan (NDVP) for COVID-19 vaccines. This course is intended to help national and sub-national focal points in countries develop the ND...VP and prepare for COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
Available in English and Macedonian
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17 February 2021
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series.
A practitioner’s guide to the principles of COVID-19 vaccine communications.
The factors that lead people to make choices to take vaccines are nuanced and affected by how they see the world, their perceptions of the choices people like them will make, who they trust, their perceptions of risk,... consistency of message and convenience of actually getting the vaccine.
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13 May 2021 The diagram supports health workers by outlining key steps and messages to communicate during a COVID-19 vaccination session.
Mars 2020. Recommendations selon les differentes phases
Find out how many vaccine doses have been given in your country using WHO’s COVID-19 dashboard
This fact sheet provides basic information about Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
The Big Idea of the Week delves deeper into a specific COVID-related topic. Each week, Big Idea tackles a specific area of COVID-19 and provides important information, guidelines, and messages for the public.
12 January 2021
The COVID-19 vaccines under development or approved by regulators are believed to be safe for most people, including people living with HIV.