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April 2024

How local communities shaped ‘Cranky Uncle Vaccine’ game

Vaccines Today highlights the importance of localizing global interventions by capturing the Cranky Uncle Vaccine co-design process…

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January 2024

Climate and vaccine misinformation seemed worlds apart – but it turned out the Cranky Uncle was a universal figure

Chelsey Lepage speaks to The Guardian on co-designing Cranky Uncle Vaccine with local communities, global misinformation expert Dr. John Cook, UNICEF, the Sabin Vaccine Institute…

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December 2023

Games against misinformation: “Cranky Uncle Vaccine” launch

Vaccine Nation captures the robust partnerships that power Cranky Uncle Vaccine…

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July 2022

UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti. What is driving parental/caregiver decisions to vaccinate children against #covid19?

In a guest editorial for the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti COVID thematic quarterly digest Dr. Thomson, Benjamin Hickler and Stephen Hills reviewed some of the key evidence. Dr. Thomson highlighted the Protection Motivation Theory which may explain some vaccine decision making.

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July 2022

Compte-rendu des Rencontres Francophones : « Hésitation vaccinale et préparation aux futures pandémies »

Dr. Thomson a participé dans une concertation dans le cadre de la 75e session de l’Assemblée mondiale de la Santé, la Représentation de l’OIF auprès des Offices des Nations unies à Genève et à Vienne (RPGV) avec des ministres de la Santé de l’espace francophone, notamment ceux du Bénin, du Congo, de la Côte d’Ivoire, de Djibouti du Tchad, du Togo et de la Tunisie.

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September 2021

Bloomberg: To Reach Vaccine Holdouts, Scientists Take a Page From Digital Marketing

Speaking to Kristen Brown of Bloomberg, Dr. Thomson said: “We should be valuing and investing in public trust as much as we value and invest in vaccines. Because without any public trust, there’s no public immunity.”

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June 2021

FIU. COVID-19: inequidades y reticencia a la vacunación, ¿qué está pasando?

La Universidad Internacional de Florida presento la segunda Cumbre Internacional de Expertos en Vacunas COVID-19.

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June 2021

El Pais: Un nuevo método para vacunar contra los bulos

“En estos tiempos en que impera una mayor ansiedad e incertidumbre, la gente tiene muchas preguntas y preocupaciones perfectamente razonables sobre las vacunas. Y no podemos abordar sus dudas si primero no las entendemos”, explica Angus Thomson

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January 2021

VICE: Western Anti-Vaxxers Are Undermining COVID Vaccine Rollouts in African Countries

Dr. Thomson spoke to Hannah Ritchie of VICE World News. “We regularly detect deliberately engineered misinformation from international vaccine-critical accounts in online conversations in Africa,” said Angus Thomson

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