More information and registration at https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/event/community-centered-approaches-vaccine-communication

Inequitable global COVID-19 vaccine distribution, coupled with vaccine disinformation, threatens our collective ability to end the pandemic. In particular, the politicization of vaccines, lack of knowledge, and the spread of inaccurate and false information through social media has resulted in low vaccine acceptance in populations around the world. Combating these issues requires a deep understanding of social determinants of health and complex human behavioral dynamics and psychology to create empathetic community-based solutions.

Join us as we bring together a panel of community health practitioners and scientists for a conversation about local and global experiences combating COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, misinformation and fears. Our global panel will share lessons learned from indigenous communities in Guatemala, to urban Kenya and India, to communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The conversation will share best practices for improving vaccine acceptance in our communities and consider how we can help re-build trust in our health systems.

Moderator: Ngosa Chungu, Zambian filmmaker, storyteller and communications expert 

Panelists:  

• Dr. Vasundhara Rangaswamy, family medicine physician, rural health fellow in India 
• Anne Kraemer Diaz, Executive Director of Maya Health Alliance | Wugu' Kawoq, Guatemala 
• Luis Gutierrez-Mock, public health specialist with the UCSF Pandemic Initiative for equity and Action 
• Hillary Omala, Executive Director of Carolina for Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya