Combatting Antivaccination Rumours

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Combatting Antivaccination Rumours

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Combatting Antivaccination Rumours: Lessons Learned from Case Studies in East Africa

Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office

United Nations Childrens Fund

Nairobi, Kenya

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Table of Contents

Forward

Lessons Learned

Uganda - Background

Uganda - Rumours by Radio

Uganda - Effect of Rumours

Kenya - Background

Kenya - How Rumours Started

Tanzania - Background

Tanzania - Rumours

Lessons Learned and Conclusions

Annex I: The Rumour Campaign against TT in the Philippines

Annex II: The Failed Attack on Polio NIDs, Kinshasa

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