Social media platforms can be used to share critically important information about disaster management. Read full article
Category: Covid 19 News
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The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns (Full Academic Paper)
Given the complexity of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity of impacts. Some of these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities for health priorities that do not have the same perceived urgency Read full article
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The Guardian Facebook ‘lacks willpower’ to tackle misinformation in Africa
As company pursues growth on continent, it stands accused of not putting enough money into moderating content Read full article
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Medical Academic SA nurses share their COVID-19 experiences in hard-hitting video series | Medical AcademicHere are a few of the videos featuring SA nurses sharing their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak:
Here are a few of the videos featuring SA nurses sharing their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak: Watch full video
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VACCINE MIS/DISINFORMATION WEEKLY REPORT #13
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations drivenby Ramaphosa’s positive COVID-19 test result, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine skepticism,frustrations related to inequality, and uncertainty regarding the Omicron variant. Read full report
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iono.fm New PSA ‘Last Words’ aims to combat vaccine hesitancy
The 40-second clip by the CABC contains the last words of unvaccinated patients who died from COVID-19 – the message – “Have no regrets. Get vaccinated”. The Breakfast Team caught up with the Creative Director for the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change, Kush Chetty. Listen to full interview
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Media Release: Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change creates PSA “Last Words” to combat vaccine hesitancy
A new public service announcement (PSA), “Last Words” has been launched on social media and will flight on DSTV, e.tv and other broadcast media during the month of December and January. And it’s just in time with the discovery of the new Omicron variant and increase in Covid cases talk about vaccine hesitancy. This PSA was...
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TACKLING VACCINE HESITANCY
TACKLING VACCINE HESITANCY By Dr Juno Thomas Head of the Centre for Enteric Diseases Mental Health Matters, Volume 8, No 5 https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/ejc-menhm_v8_n5_a1 I was vaccinated in March 2021 during the healthcare worker vaccination rollout, and it was an unexpectedly emotive experience. I was excited beforehand; afterwards, I was comforted by the thought...
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The Honest Truth – Smile FM – 26 Oct 2021 Allocated to: Vaccine
Stuart Jones interviewed on The Honest Truth to discuss vaccine trends
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Social media and its power to spread misinformation around the vaccine AlgoaFM
Department Head of the Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change, Jesse Cann, joined Breakfast to give feedback on their latest findings regarding vaccine mis/disinformation. The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change is a non-profit organization that aims to effect positive change using social media analytics and dialogue Listen to the full interview