Community Conversations on Vaccines
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSabin Vaccine Institute's Community Conversations on Vaccines podcast series, presented by Immunization Advocates, explores vaccine acceptance and demand issues in low- and middle-income countries through conversations with health workers, researchers, and journalists closest to vaccine delivery and decision-making.
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#3 Reaching Zero-Dose Children and Underserved Communities: Lessons from Pakistan and Ghana with Dr. Aamer Ikram and Rukaya Mumuni
July 14, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 69 MBIn this episode of Community Conversations on Vaccines, co-hosts Vince Blaser and Francesca Montalto of the Sabin Vaccine Institute are joined by Dr. Aamer Ikram, chief executive officer of the National Institutes of Health Pakistan, and Rukaya Mumuni, a public health officer and registered nurse in Ghana. They discuss the decline in immunization during the pandemic, vaccination coverage during natural disasters and national emergencies, and efforts to improve routine immunization and vaccin...
#2 Engaging Communities to Prevent Cervical Cancer with HPV Vaccination: Lessons from India and Uganda with Rehana Riyawala and Doreen Tuhebwe
June 29, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 82 MBIn this episode of Community Conversations on Vaccines, co-hosts Vince Blaser and Francesca Montalto of the Sabin Vaccine Institute are joined by Rehana Riyawala, vice president at Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), and Doreen Tuhebwe, research fellow at Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH). They discuss HPV vaccination efforts, the prevalence of cervical cancer, and innovative approaches to addressing public health challenges in the HPV space.
#1 VARN 2023 Preview: Vaccine Acceptance Research, Solution Co-Creation with Daniela Da'Costa Franco and Deepa Risal Pokharel
June 08, 2023 09:55 - 28 minutes - 66.5 MBIn this episode of Community Conversations on Vaccines, co-hosts Vince Blaser and Francesca Montalto are joined by Daniela Da’Costa Franco, a researcher and independent consultant for the Ministry of Health of Guatemala, and Deepa Risal Pokharel, senior advisor for social and behavior change and team lead for immunization demand at UNICEF. They explore the evolution of communications and outreach campaigns for immunization and the importance of inclusive approaches in addressing the largest ...
Community Conversations on Vaccines Season 5 Trailer Episode
June 06, 2023 10:04 - 1 minute - 2.29 MBWelcome to Season 5 of Community Conversations on Vaccines, presented by the Sabin Vaccine Institute. In this exciting new season, our focus is on the upcoming Sabin Vaccination Acceptance Research Network (VARN), a conference co-convened by UNICEF, taking place from June 13-15th in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference aims to provide a platform for experts to explore and disseminate knowledge, best practices, and evidence-based strategies to drive action across the vaccination ecosystem, in...
#4 Advocating for the Health Workforce, Systems Investments to Boost and Sustain Immunization with Daren (Paul) Katigbak and Rita Akiki
December 06, 2022 04:47 - 33 minutes - 63 MBCo-hosts Vince Blaser and Francesca Montalto are joined by Daren (Paul) Katigbak, a Women Deliver young leader, nurse, and public health professional in the Philippines, and Rita Akiki, a registered nurse and nursing director at Aboujaoude Hospital in Lebanon. They discuss their views on the status of vaccination efforts in their home countries of Lebanon and the Philippines. its implications, and approaches toward improvement, including addressing the welfare of nurses and other health work...
#3 Infodemic Management’s Future with Co-Founder and President, Media Institute of the Caribbean Kiran Maharaj and Researcher Dr. Chizoba Wonodi
November 17, 2022 11:39 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBCo-hosts Vince Blaser and Francesca Montalto are joined by Kiran Maharaj, veteran journalist and co-founder and president of the Media Institute of the Caribbean and Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network and Dr. Chizoba Wonodi, researcher and principal investigator, founder of Women Advocates for Vaccine Access (WAVA), and Nigeria Country Director at Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC). . They discuss the infodemic and approaches to mitigating the spread of misinfor...
#2 77th UNGA Reflections: Building and Sustaining Vaccine Acceptance with Dr. Anant Bhan & Dr. Kate Hopkins
October 13, 2022 18:30 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBCo-hosts Vince Blaser and Francesca Montalto are joined in New York City on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) by Dr. Anant Bhan, mentor and principal investigator for Sangath in Bhopal, India, and Dr. Kate Hopkins, Director of Research, Vaccine Acceptance & Demand at Sabin Vaccine Institute. Anant and Kate reflect upon their take-aways from discussions with global health leaders during UNGA, community-based participatory initiatives as a long-term strategy for ...
#1 77th UNGA Reflections: Boosting and Sustaining Immunization in African Communities with Esther Nakkazi and Rashid Mang’anda
September 29, 2022 15:39 - 33 minutes - 62.8 MBCo-hosts Vince Blaser and Francesca Montalto are joined in New York City on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) by Ugandan journalist and media trainer Esther Nakkazi and Malawian nurse and advocate Rashid Mang’anda. They reflect upon their take-aways from discussions with global health leaders during the UNGA, approaches to creating sustainable structures that support journalists and health workers and build and sustain vaccine confidence in the communities the...
Community Conversations on Vaccines Season 4 Trailer
September 29, 2022 15:35 - 2 minutes - 5.55 MBWhat drives decision-making on vaccines in low- and middle-income countries? How have professionals closest to communities fostered trust? What challenges do they have to overcome to maintain that confidence and build vaccine equity? How has the covid-19 pandemic changed vaccine acceptance and demand? Welcome to Community Conversations on Vaccines. In this podcast, we speak to the professionals closest to vaccine delivery and decision-making, across low- and middle income countr...
#3 Future Policy and Practice + Vaccines
May 03, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBRubina Qasim, an assistant professor at the Institute of Nursing & Midwifery, Dow University Health Sciences in Pakistan, and Dr. Ariel Frisancho, country director of the Catholic Medical Mission Board in Peru, consider the future and how policymakers can build trust and equitable access to vaccines to promote healthy communities. Rubina shares her research and successful approaches to addressing vaccine myths and misinformation among the Pashtun community in Pakistan. Ariel observes communi...
#2 Misinformation + Vaccines
April 19, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBDr. Caroline Aura, a research scientist at the University of Nairobi, Kenya and Sabin Behavioral and Research Grant program partner, and Yael Berman, a fact-checking reporter for AFP in Brazil, highlight the challenges associated with addressing vaccine misinformation in communities. Dr. Caroline talks about her new research that examines government and health system trust, while Yael shares how the infodemic has impacted her fact-checking and debunking work. With special guests: Dr. Car...
#1 Human Rights + Equity + Vaccines
April 05, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBAmid war and humanitarian crises across South and Southeast Asia and a recent military coup in Sudan, Dr. Jaya Shreedhar, a health media advisor from India, and Mohamed Modber, a nurse and advocate in Sudan, discuss vaccine equity and acceptance challenges in these settings and consider the support that health workers and journalists need to have the security, safety and tools to address vaccine access and demand.
Community Conversations on Vaccines Season 3 Trailer
March 04, 2022 22:00 - 1 minute - 1.11 MBSabin's Community Conversations on Vaccines podcast series explores the topic of vaccines and immunization, targeting an audience of global health policymakers and influencers, through conversations with health workers, other immunization professionals, researchers and journalists from low- and middle-income countries.
#3 Nigeria
October 12, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBWe talk with Dr. Adefunke Adesina, a medical practitioner and epidemiologist and monitoring and evaluation focal person for the Lagos State Ministry of Health, and Elizabeth Kohlway, Senior Manager of Community Building and Digital Engagement at Sabin, about the opportunity to integrate immunization with other health services to touch more people and the need for global communities of immunization professionals, such as Sabin’s Boost community, to address immunization and vaccine challenges.
#2 Brazil
October 05, 2021 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBNatalia Flores, a science journalist and researcher and the content manager at Agência Bori, and Dr. Denise Garrett, Vice President of Applied Epidemiology at the Sabin Vaccine Institute and a native of Brazil, discuss the challenges that Brazilian journalists have faced while reporting on vaccines during the pandemic and the need for transparency by public health experts and governments to increase vaccine acceptance and demand.
#1 Kenya
September 28, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Dorothy Logedi, a nurse and coordinator of a vaccine program in Kisumu, Western Kenya, and Margaret Odera, a community health worker and mentor mother to women living with HIV in the capital Nairobi’s Mathare slum. Vince and Francesca talk to Dorothy and Margaret about the unique challenges the pandemic has posed to themselves, their community and their country, and how they are helping to increase COVID-19 and routine vaccine uptake in their communities.
Community Conversations on Vaccines Season 2 Trailer
September 20, 2021 15:00 - 53 seconds - 920 KBSabin's Community Conversation on Vaccines podcast series explores the topic of vaccine and immunizations, targeting an audience of global health policymakers and influencers, through conversations with health workers, other immunization professionals and journalists from low- and middle-income countries.
#3 Nazima Raghubir
April 13, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBImagine this: you are a journalist covering your country's election, and the COVID-19 pandemic breaks out. How would you continue to do your job well, while keeping yourself and your family safe? In this episode, we explore those very challenges with Nazima Raghubir, a Guyanese journalist and president of the Guyana Press Association. Vince and Francesca talk to Nazima about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her and the stories she tells, the urgency for health workers and public heal...
#2 Dr. Marina Shikhashvili
April 06, 2021 04:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Dr. Marina Shikhashvili, a primary healthcare expert in Tbilisi, Georgia, with over 30 years of experience. Vince and Francesca talk to Dr. Shikhashvili about the impact COVID-19 has had on the medical community, the challenges of treating patients remotely in a pandemic and how health workers globally can benefit from communication and community engagement skillsets. Hosted by: Vince Blaser, Director, Immunization Advocates, Sabin Vaccine Institute and ...
#1 Dr. Naveen Thacker
March 30, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Dr. Naveen Thacker, the executive director of the International Pediatric Association. Vince and Francesca talk to Dr. Thacker about the challenges of rolling out COVID-19 vaccines and his experiences delivering routine childhood immunizations and working on India’s polio eradication program. Dr. Thacker discusses global barriers to vaccines and immunization, including issues with communication, the infodemic and social inequity. He also shares his recent ap...
Community Conversations on Vaccines Season 1 Trailer
March 05, 2021 17:00 - 40 seconds - 718 KBSabin's Community Conversation on Vaccines podcast series explores the topic of vaccine and immunizations, targeting an audience of global health policymakers and influencers, health workers, other immunization professionals and journalists from low- and middle-income countries.