In order to overcome the prevailing vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19, experts have found a solution in the polio vaccination experience.
Vaccine hesitancy is mostly influenced by factors such as misinformation, trust deficit, trypanophobia – a phobia arising from the fear of injections or needles besides the active lobbying by anti-vaxxers portraying a conspiracy theory around vaccines.
Speaking at a Policy Dialogue to Mitigate COVID Vaccination Hesitancy, organised by SD Gupta School of Public Health at IIHMR University, Jaipur, N K Arora, Chairperson NTAGI – covid 19 working group recommended a proactive social mobilization strategy for rebuking the rumours around vaccines.
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Source: A lesson from polio vaccination to address hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccine | The Hindu BusinessLine