Agenda

DAY 1: June 13, 2023

KEYNOTE SESSION

08:30–10:30 AM

Ballroom 1
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Welcome & Keynote Dialogue

Welcoming Remarks and Videos by Ève Dubé, PhD, VARN Chair

Medical Anthropologist, Quebec National Institute of Public Health, Canada

Keynote Remarks
  • Anuradha Gupta, MBA, President of Global Immunization, Sabin Vaccine Institute

    Immunization: The Equity Imperative

Keynote Dialogue

Moderator: Anuradha Gupta

  • Deepa Risal Pokharel, MA, Senior Adviser, Social and Behavior Change/Team Lead Immunization Demand, UNICEF HQ
  • Sangwe Clovis Nchinjoh, MD, MPH, MSc, Founder and Board President, Rural Doctors & Associate at Clinton Health Access Initiative, Cameroon
  • Saad Omer, MBBS, PhD, Director, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
  • Mutua L. Mutinda, KECN, KRCHN, Head of Health Promotion in Nairobi City County, Kenya
  • Glenda Gray, MBBCh, FC Paeds, DSc, President, South African Medical Research Council

10:30–11:00 AM

MORNING BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION I

11:00–12:45 PM

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Recovery & Reimagining Childhood Essential Immunization

SESSION 1: Research-Based

Moderator: Stacey Knobler, MSc, Vice President, Vaccine Innovation & Global Immunization, Sabin Vaccine Institute

  • Doris Njomo, PhD, MA, Principal Research Scientist, Kenya Medical Research Institute
    Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Childhood Vaccination in Kenya
  • Sara Al-Dahir, PharmD, PhD, Clinical Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana
    The Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic Shutdowns on Immunization Completion in Hadeetha, Anbar, Iraq: A Case-Study of Vaccine Completion in a Recovering Healthcare System
  • Carla Puca, MPH, MIDI, Project Officer, Telethon Kids Institute, Australia
    Moort Vax Waangkiny: Understanding Barriers to Routine Vaccine Uptake Among Aboriginal Children Aged Under 5 Years in the Perth Metropolitan Region
  • Naby Yaya Conté, MD, MPH, WHO Consultant, EPI Program Guinea
    Study of Factors Associated with Zero Dose and Under-Immunized Children in the Health District of Siguiri in Guinea 2022
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SESSION 2: Demand Generation Focused

Moderator: Sharon Barnhardt, PhD, MPA, Director of Research, Centre for Social and Behavior Change, Ashoka University

  • Mofeyisara Omobowale, PhD, Lecturer, Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
    Increasing Demand for Vaccination Through Innovative Childhood Immunization Strategies for Working Mothers in Ibadan: The Role of Social (Relations) Influencers
  • Dumisile Nkosi, MSc, Clinical Trial Coordinator, University of Malawi
    Determinants of Vaccine Coverage and Acceptability of Malaria RTSS Vaccine in Children Aged 6-23 Months in Malawi: A Healthcare Provider’s Perspective.
  • Septrina Frisca Tobing, MAAPD, Quality Assurance Coordinator, Empatika
    Engaging Private Sector to Increase Routine Childhood Immunization in Indonesia
  • Devi Leena Bose, MA, Director, Behavioural Change and Communication, Kantar, India
    Lessons on Strengthening Vaccine Demand and Uptake by Parents of Children Under Two: Notes from Pilot in Northern India
  • Emily Hoffman, MD, Infectious Disease Fellow, New York University
    Peer Vaccine Educators within Community Healthcare Practices: A Pragmatic, Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Education to Increase Routine Pediatric Vaccine Uptake in New York
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SESSION 3: Practice-Based

Moderator: Richard Kabanda, PhD, MPH, MBA, Acting Commissioner Health Services, Health Promotion, Education, and Health Communication, Ministry of Health, Uganda

  • Carla Toko, MPH, Senior Manager, Advocacy & Communications, VillageReach
    Integration of COVID-19 Vaccination with Routine Immunization Services at Two Primary Health Centers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Yatender Singh, MSW, Program Manager, Project Concern International
    Rebounding Routine Immunization Coverage Slowed Down by COVID-19 Pandemic: How Community Action Groups (CAGs) Came Forward and Turned the Tide in Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Muhammad Zia Muneer, MPhil, Manager, IRD Pakistan
    Exploring Caregivers’ Concerns and Queries Related to Routine Maternal and Childhood Immunizations in Pakistan: Analysis of Provincial Helpline Data from 2019 to 2022
  • Mavuto Thomas, MPH, Chief Health Promotion Officer, Ministry of Health Malawi
    Reducing the Zero Dose Children in Mtengowanthenga, Dowa District in Malawi
  • Sangwe Clovis Nchinjoh, MD, MPH, MSc, Founder and Board President, Rural Doctors & Associate at Clinton Health Access Initiative, Cameroon
    The Use of Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) Model to Generate Vaccine Demand: The Case of a Remote Fishing Community in Cameroon

12:45–2:00 PM

LUNCH

CONCURRENT SESSION II

2:00–3:45 PM

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Vaccinating across the Life-Course: Maximizing the Benefits to All

SESSION 1: Research-Based

Moderator: Susanne Montgomery, PhD, MPH, MS, Professor and Dean, Loma Linda University

  • Laura Skrip, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Liberia College of Health Sciences
    Assessing Social, Demographic, and Clinical Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccination Behavior in Post-Ebola Liberia
  • Porcia Manandhar, PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins University
    Research on COVID-19 Vaccine Trust, Inequities, and Hesitancy in Nepal
  • Julio Ichazo, MAppEc, Project Coordinator, Fundación Bunge y Born
    First Vaccine Confidence and Access Index in Argentina: Results Comparison from 2019 to 2022
  • Saif ul Hadi, MA, Director, Global Access and Behavioral Research, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
    How Gamified Behavioral Experiments Can Enable a Deeper Understanding of Say-Do Gaps: Learnings From an HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Acceptability Study in India
  • Stefan Mandić-Rajčević, MD, PhD, Social & Behavior Change Specialist, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc 
    Developing a Behavior-Led Strategy to Integrate COVID-19 Vaccination into Life-Course Vaccination and Healthy Lifestyles
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SESSION 2: Demand Generation Focused

Moderator: Chisom Obi-Jeff, MSc, Principal/CEO, Brooks Insights

  • Richard Kabanda, PhD, MPH, MBA, Acting Commissioner Health Services, Health Promotion, Education, and Health Communication, Ministry of Health, Uganda
    Demand Generation as Part of Pandemic Preparedness, Vaccine Access and Delivery, and Decision-Making
  • Rupali Limaye, PhD, MPH, MA, Deputy Director, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Vaccine Acceptance and Demand Generation for Future Vaccines
  • Mark Donald C. Reñosa, RN, MSN, Supervising Science Research Specialist, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine – Department of Health, Philippines
    Human-Centered Design Bolsters Vaccine Confidence in the Philippines – Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Kiranmayee Muralidhar, MBBS, MPH, Research Physician, Public Health Research Institute of India
    Knowledge and Acceptability of HPV Vaccination for Young Adult Women in Rural Mysore District, India: A Mixed-Methods Study
  • Heather Lanthorn, ScD, MPH, Program Director, Social Science Research Council
    The Mercury Project: Cost-Effective, Scalable Solutions to Insufficient Demand for Vaccinations Over the Life Course
  • Heidi J. Larson, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science, Director, The Vaccine Confidence Project, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
    HPV and the Challenges Presented by the Perception and Practice of a “Female Only” Vaccine
     
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SESSION 3: Practice-Based

Moderator: Aamer Ikram, PhD, MCPS, Chief Executive Officer, National Institute Health of Pakistan

  • Prem Singh, MBBS, MD, Associate Director and Country Lead-Immunization, Jhpiego
    Building a Sustainable Adolescent Vaccination Program: Lessons From Recent Efforts to Improve the Uptake of Td Vaccination Across Four States of India
  • Marissa Malchione, MS, Senior Manager, Research & Analysis, Vaccine Innovation & Global Immunization, Sabin Vaccine Institute
    Exploring Determinants of Response-Ready Influenza Vaccination Programs in Middle-Income Countries
  • Saransh Sharma,Lead – Behavioral Science, Final Mile Consulting
    Psycho-Behavioral Segmentation and Targeted Solutions for COVID Vaccine Uptake in LMICs [Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Pakistan]
  • Angela Chaudhuri, MPH, Chief Catalyst, Swasti
    Last Mile Access to Vaccines: The Case for People-Centered Health Response
  • Adidja Amani,MD, MPH, MVDDc, PhD Candidate, Global COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, WHO Regional Office for Africa
    Using the Integration Mapping Tool to Support Countries in Assessing Their Level of Integration
  • Marley JurgensmeyerResearch Associate, Johns Hopkins University
    VIEW-Hub: Visualizing Data on Vaccine Use and Impact

3:45–4:00 PM

AFTERNOON BREAK

POSTER SESSION 1

4:00–5:00 PM

Riverside Foyer
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Childhood Essential Immunization

4:00–5:00 PM

Riverside Rooms 5-7
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Life-Course Vaccination

SIDE EVENT

5:00–7:00 PM

Ballroom 2
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Vaccination Demand Hub Global Partners Session

RECEPTION

7:00 PM

Siam Yacht Club
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On-Site Reception

DAY 2: June 14, 2023

PLENARY II

08:00–10:00 AM

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Inequities Creating Zero-Dose Communities & Gender-Gaps in Immunization

Moderator: Glenda Gray, MBBCh, FC Paeds, Dsc, President, South African Medical Research Council

Part 1: Moderated Fireside Chat
  • Edina Amponsah-Dacosta, PhD, MPH, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vaccines for Africa Initiative (VACFA), South Africa
  • Sunitha Chandrasekhar, PhD, Vice President Public Health, 3Analytics
  • Deepa Risal Pokharel, MA, Senior Adviser, Social and Behavior Change/Team Lead Immunization Demand, UNICEF HQ
Part 2: Presentation Panel
  • Bhakti Ghatole, MSAP, Research Assistant, Sangath, India
    Structural Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccine Access and Uptake Among Transgender and Disability Communities
  • Chinedu Anthony Iwu, MBBS, MPH, MBA, Consultant, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Imo State University
    Challenges for Mothers in Rural Areas [of Nigeria] in the Uptake of HPV Vaccines Among Their Children in a Developing Country
  • Claire Thomas, Co-Deputy Director, Minority Rights Group International
    Application of a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Framework to Address the Immunization Zero Dose Challenge in Somalia
  • Manojkumar Choudhary, PhD, MPS, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, CORE Group Partners Project
    Value of Deploying Community-Level Mobilizers to Mobilize Communities and Boost or Rebound Vaccination Uptake: CORE Group Partners Project’s (CGPP) Experience in Increasing Polio, Routine Immunization, and COVID-19 Vaccination in Hard-to-Reach Areas of Uttar Pradesh, India

10:00–10:30 AM

MORNING BREAK

PLENARY III

10:30–12:30 PM

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Inequities within Conflict-Settings & Amongst Marginalized Communities

Moderator: Holly Seale, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Australia

Part 1: Moderated Fireside Chat
  • Magid Al-Gunaid, MBBCH, MPA, Public Health Progams Director, GHD/EMPHNET
  • Anant Bhan, MBBS, MHSc, Mentor, Principal Investigator, Project Lead, Sangath, India
  • Amaya Gillespie, Senior Social and Behaviour Change Scientist, UNICEF regional office for Middle East and Northern Africa
Part 2: Presentation Panel
  • Chattiya Nitpolprasert, PhD Fellow, Social and Behavioral Researcher, Adam’s Love Global Foundation
    COVID-19 Vaccination and People Living with HIV in Thailand
  • Mónica Berger González, PhD, MPH, Director, Unit of Medical Anthropology, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
    Vaccination in Plurimedical Settings: Understanding Traditional Medicine’s Role for Effective Communication Efforts Against COVID-19
  • Patricka Chulamokha, MA, MPH, Regional Vaccination Support Officer, International Organization for Migration
    Understanding and Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Demand in Displaced Person Shelters on the Thai Myanmar Border—A Human-Centered Design Project
  • Mohamed Modber, RN, CHN, Community Health Nurse, Sudan
    Barriers to Vaccination in the Conflict Setting of Sudan

12:30–1:30 PM

LUNCH

CONCURRENT SESSION III

1:30–3:00 PM

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Complexities of Vaccine Equity​

SESSION 1: Research-Based

Moderator: Rupali Limaye, PhD, MPH, MA, Deputy Director, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  • Lili Nur Indah Sari, MPP, Vaccine Senior Program Officer, Clinton Health Access Initiative
    COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Survey in Indonesia: Community and Provider Perspectives Across Four Provinces
  • Katie Attwell, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia
    Vaccination Acceptance Amongst At-Risk and Neglected Groups: Recentering the State to Address the Limitations of Existing Theoretical Frameworks
  • Melanie Abongo Awino, PhD, MPH, Clinical Researcher, Kenyatta National Hospital
    Prevalence and Challenges of Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine Among the Key Population in Kenya
  • Sneha Shashidhara, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Ashoka University
    COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural India 
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SESSION 2: Demand Generation Focused
Moderator: Mavuto Thomas, MPH, Chief Health Promotion Officer, Ministry of Health Malawi
  • Thiaba Fame, MPH, Risk Communication & Community Engagement Coordinator, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
    Using Real-Time Community Insights to Inform and Adapt Plans and Strategies to Improve Vaccine Uptake: Red Cross and Red Crescent Approach and Lessons Learned from Ebola to COVID-19
  • Raveesha Mugali, MD, MPH, Health Specialist – Immunization, UNICEF
    Rapid Community Assessments are Effective Tools for Identifying, Understanding and Reaching Missed Communities, Especially During the Pandemic
  • Linda Shuro, PhD, Evaluation Coordinator, VillageReach
    Evaluation of Community-Based Participatory Project to Identify Barriers of Childhood Immunization Uptake and Generate Community-Driven Solutions in Zambézia, Mozambique
  • Viviane Bianco, MSGH, Social and Behavior Change Specialist, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe
    Implementing a Nation-Wide SMS Reminder to Increase HPV Vaccination in Georgia: Results from a 5-Arm Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Corrina Moucheraud, ScD, MPH, Associate Professor, University of California Los Angeles
    HPV Vaccination in Kenya: Factors Associated with Uptake
  • Holly Seale, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales
    “It’s no use saying it in English”: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Strategies to Enhance Immunization Uptake Amongst Ethnic Minority Communities in Australia 
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SESSION 3: Practice-Based

Moderator: Robert Kanwagi, MPH, Team Lead, Vaccine Confidence Project

  • Yulianto Santoso Kurniawan, National COVID-19 Coordinator (Vaccine Access & Health Security Initiative), Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership
    Inclusive Vaccination: Narrowing Operational Gaps COVID-19 Vaccinations for People with Disability
  • Djeneba Coulibaly-Traore, PhD, MPH, Country Project Director, PATH
    Improving Vaccine Uptake in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Engagement of Non-Traditional Partners to Improve COVID-19 and Routine Immunization
  • Sabitri Bhatta, MA, Vaccination Program Support Specialist, Abt Associates, Inc
    Engaging Community Health Workers, Elected Leaders, and Other Influential Community Members in Communication and Mobilization Activities to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Municipalities with Low Vaccination Coverage [in Nepal].
  • Isaac Olufadewa, MBBS, MHS, Founder, Slum and Rural Health Initiative
    Young People as Change Agents in Vaccination Programs: Lessons from the ‘Youth for COVAX’ Project in 2 African Countries [Nigeria and Ethiopia]
  • Doreen Tuhebwe, PhD Candidate, MPH, Research Fellow, Makerere School of Public Health
    Improving HPV Vaccine Acceptance Through Peer-to-peer Education Among Adolescent Girls in the Urban Poor Settings of Kisenyi, Kampala, Uganda 

3:00–3:30 PM

AFTERNOON BREAK

POSTER SESSION 2

3:30–4:30 PM

Riverside Rooms 5-7
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Demand Generation

3:30–4:30 PM

Riverside Foyer
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Social Listening and Combatting Misinformation

SIDE EVENTS

4:30–6:30 PM

Ballroom 2
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Skills Building Session on Applied Behavioral Science for Health Equity Facilitated by UNICEF

4:30–6:30 PM

Ballroom 3
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How Understanding Behavior Can Help Us Improve Immunization Services Experiences Facilitation/Moderation: The Vaccination Demand Hub facilitated by JSI

EVENING EVENT

6:30–8:30 PM

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Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Social and Behavioral Research Grants Program: Video Narrative Project Screening

Welcoming Remarks:

Theresa Sommers, PhD, MPH, Senior Manager of Research, Vaccine Acceptance & Demand, Sabin Vaccine Institute
Nick Boehman, Associate, Vaccine Acceptance & Demand, Sabin Vaccine Institute

Screening:

  •  Setting the Scene: Opportunity for Positive Change
  • Methodology, Data Gathering, & Analysis

Panel Discussion


Screening:

  • Key Findings
  • The Way Forward: When Communities Lead, Vaccination Succeeds

Panel Discussion

Refreshments provided

DAY 3: June 15, 2023

PLENARY IV

8:30–10:00 AM

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Open Forum Discussion: Challenges of Online & Offline Circulating Misinformation Relating to Zero-Dose Children and Vaccine Introduction

Moderator: Angus Thomson, PhD, Principal, Irimi Company

Panelists:
  • Adidja Amani, MD, MPH, MVDDc, PhD Candidate, Global COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, WHO Regional Office for Africa
  • Ana Bottallo, PhD, Journalist, Folha de Sāo Paulo, Brazil
  • Julie Leask, PhD, MPH, Social Scientist and Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
  • Farah Naz Qamar, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Aga Khan University

10:00–10:30 AM

MORNING BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION IV

10:30–12:30 PM

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Tools and Approaches to Boost Vaccine Confidence

SESSION 1: Research-Based

Moderator: Kate Hopkins, PhD, MPH, Director of Research, Vaccine Acceptance and Demand, Sabin Vaccine Institute

  • Emily Miller, MGH, Education and Training Coordinator, International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Evaluation of a Training Resource to Strengthen Healthcare Worker Capacity in Combating Vaccine Misinformation
  • John Cook, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne; Jacquellyn Ssanyu, MPH, Research Coordinator, Makerere University; Doris Njomo, PhD, MA, Principal Research Scientist, Kenya Medical Research Institute; Rubina Qasim, RN//RM, MScN, Acting Principal, Dow Institute of Nursing & Midwifery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
    Co-Designing a Mobile-Based Game to Improve Misinformation Resistance and Vaccine Knowledge in East Africa and South Asia
  • Suman Pant, MBBS, MPH-GH, Research Officer, Nepal Health Research Council; Tahir Yousafzai, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University
    How Microbe Literacy Workshops are Conducted and Why We Think They Work 
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SESSION 2: Making it Personal: Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase Pandemic Vaccine and Routine Immunization Uptake Across Four Countries

Moderator: Nessa Ryan, PhD, MPH, Global Health Epidemiology Fellow, Global Immunization Division, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Arnaud Gagneur, MD, PhD, Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
    Training HCW in an Evidence-Based Immunization Promotion Strategy that Integrates MI in Quebec
  • Julie Leask, PhD, MPH, Social Scientist and Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
    The Sharing Knowledge About Immunization (SKAI) Approach Integrating MI in Australia
  • Raluca Zaharia, Social and Behavior Change Specialist, UNICEF Romania
    Using Motivational Interviewing to Encourage Timely Completion of Vaccinations and Improved Interpersonal Communication Between HCWs and Caregivers in Romania
  • Hinda Omar, BASc, Health Educator Specialist, Minnesota Department of Health, USA
    & Nessa Ryan, PhD, MPH, Global Health Epidemiology Fellow, Global Immunization Division, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Modules to Build Skills in Effective Peer-to-Peer Communication About Vaccines in Somali Diaspora Communities

Breakout Groups: Gain practical experience using a role-playing motivational interviewing exercise 

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SESSION 3: Skills Building Workshop on Human-Centered Design Approach to Increase Vaccine Demand
Moderator: UNICEF/Nucleus

During this interactive skills building session, practical tools will be introduced to analyze complex challenges and foster collaborative problem-solving through various systems mapping methods. Participants will engage in group activities using example scenarios to enhance community understanding and engagement with primary health services.

12:30–2:00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION V

2:00–3:30 PM

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Social Listening and Understanding Community Information Needs​

SESSION 1: Bridging Research to Practice

Moderator: Kate Hopkins, PhD, MPH, Director of Research, Vaccine Acceptance and Demand, Sabin Vaccine Institute 

  • Chrys Promesse Kaniki, MD, PhD Candidate, Senior Technical Officer for Strategic Program and Bingwa Initiative Coordinator, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Mind the Gap: Bridging Disparities in Vaccine Acceptance Across Different Communities
  • Susanne Montgomery, PhD, MPH, MS, Professor and Dean, Loma Linda University
    Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers: Implications for Community
  • Valentina Bollenback, Regional Programme Director – Asia, MAGENTA
    Countering Misinformation in South Asia Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic [Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka]
  • Lucilla Blankenberg, CEO, Community Media TrustZwakala National Youth Social Media Campaign to Mitigate Rumours Using Humour (in South Africa)
  • Charles N. Kakaire, MPH, Social and Behavior Change Specialist, Immunization, UNICEF
    Social Listening and Anthropological Insights into Ebola Virus Disease and Vaccination in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study
  • Joël Fabrice Konan Djaha, MPH, Qualitative Research Assistant, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny /Programme PAC-CI
    Vaccination Against COVID-19 in Côte d’Ivoire: Responding to Missed Opportunities to Promote to Virtual Facebook Communities 
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SESSION 2: Demand Generation Focused
Moderator: Chelsey Lepage, MA, Director of Programs, Irimi

  • Margie Danchin, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, Consultant Paediatrician, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
    Vaccine Champions Program in Viet Nam and Fiji
  • Raheel Allana, MSBE, BDS, Research Associate, Aga Khan University
    Mobile Phone Caller Tunes as an Innovative Strategy to Mitigate Pandemic Spread and to Promote Vaccination Uptake in Pakistan Digital Health Strategies
  • Chizoba Wonodi, DrPH, Associate Scientist, Women Advocates for Vaccine Access
    Targeted Messaging for COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance (TM-COVAC)
  • Daniela Da’Costa, MSc, Technical Advisor, Institute of Inclusive Health, and Research Guest, Unit of Medical Anthropology, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
    Developing a Transdisciplinary Approach to Intercultural Team Building for Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Uptake in Maya Communities of Guatemala
  • Corrina Moucheraud, ScD, MPH, Associate Professor, University of California Los Angeles
    COVID-19 Vaccine Information, Misinformation and Vaccine Uptake in Malawi
  • Rabab Batool, PhD Candidate, Aga Khan University
    Parental Acceptance of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Among Children Aged 6 Months to 15 Years in an Outbreak Setting of Lyari Town Karachi, Pakistan 
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SESSION 3: INTERACTIVE SESSION – How to tell your immunization story to a journalist and why?

Moderator: Nadia Peimbert-Rappaport, Senior Manager, Stakeholder Partnerships, Vaccine Acceptance & Demand, Sabin Vaccine Institute

  • Ana Bottallo, PhD, Science Journalist and media mentor, Folha de Sāo Paulo, Brazil
  • Patrick Kahondwa, Science Journalist, Chief Editor of sciencemediardc.net and reporter for SciDev & VaccinesWork
  • Jaya Shreedhar, MD, Media Trainer and Journalist, Internews

This interactive session with seasoned media trainers and health and science journalists from Africa, Asia and the Americas will provide participants with practical guidance and approaches to engaging with the media on vaccination acceptance, demand and delivery issues, using storytelling and strategic communications tactics. The session will cover:

o Understanding why the media is important to build and sustain immunization
o Addressing the challenges journalists face in covering vaccines and immunization
o Practical approaches and resources for effective media outreach and delivering compelling messages

3:30–4:00 PM

AFTERNOON BREAK

CLOSING PLENARY

4:00–5:00 PM

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Connecting the Vaccination Ecosystem

VARN2023 Poster Session Awards
  • Ève Dubé, PhD, Medical Anthropologist, Quebec National Institute of Public Health, Canada 
    VARN2023 Poster Session Awards
Closing Remarks
  • Stacey Knobler, MSc, Vice President, Vaccine Innovation & Global Immunization, Sabin Vaccine Institute
  • Deepa Risal Pokharel, MA, Senior Adviser, Social and Behavior Change/Team Lead Immunization

    Demand, UNICEF HQ

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