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May 2025
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Pilot Testing a French and Kinyarwandan Game to Improve Vaccine Attitudes and Misinformation Resilience in Rwanda

Our latest study shows that digital games can effectively strengthen vaccine confidence and resilience against misinformation, with the game being most effective among players who expressed vaccine hesitancy in the pre-game survey.

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May 2025

Pilot Testing a French and Kinyarwandan Game to Improve Vaccine Attitudes and Misinformation Resilience in Rwanda

Our latest study shows that digital games can effectively strengthen vaccine confidence and resilience against misinformation, with the game being most effective among players who expressed vaccine hesitancy in the pre-game survey.

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October 2024

Impact of COVID-19 on vaccine confidence and uptake: A systematic literature review

We conducted a systematic literature review to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccine confidence, intent and uptake in preexisting routine childhood or
adult vaccination programmes…

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October 2024

Determinants of undervaccination of routine childhood immunization in Argentina: A cross-sectional study

We conducted a national behavioral insights study to uncover reasons for the undervaccination of children in Argentina…

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September 2024

UNICEF/Sabin Vaccine Institute case study series (# 2)  - Co-creating the Crankiverse: Regionally tailoring “Cranky Uncle Vaccine” to fight misinformation and drive vaccination

Co-designing content with local communities to build trust…

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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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April 2024

UNICEF/Sabin Vaccine Institute (#1)  - Seriously  Cranky: The uncle we all have helps build the skills we all need to resist misinformation

Exposing people to a weakened dose of misinformation can act like a “universal vaccine” against misinformation…

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March 2024

Attitudes and behaviors of maternal Tdap vaccination in Panama, Peru, and Colombia: An international cross-sectional study

We developed a cross-country study to identify pregnant women barriers and drivers regarding Tdap maternal vaccination…

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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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January 2024

Focus on Africa

BBC’s Focus on Africa broadcast looks at how the Cranky Uncle Vaccine game is tackling vaccine hesitancy in Africa

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