Vax Up Podcast Episode 6: Connecting “Hardly Reached” Communities Through Digital And Social Media

In this episode, the Vax Up team looks at projects funded in the first round of grants from the Vaccine Confidence Fund. The focus of the projects ranges from indigenous communities in Guatemala and Canada, to girls and young women in India and sub-Saharan Africa. Our panel also looks at other interesting approaches to understand how digital media and social network platforms can help build trust in healthcare, particularly vaccines, in these “hardly reached” communities.

Panelists:

Trevor Stratton, Indigenous and First Nation Health Advocate, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

Nadia Diamond-Smith, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco

Georgia Arnold, Senior Vice President, Social Responsibility Paramount, and Executive Director of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation.