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Kuwait supports community engagement campaign against COVID-19

UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO), has supported demand generation with a risk communication and community engagement campaign in Alhol camp, northeast Syria.

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    • 01 August 2021

    Parallel to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), has supported demand generation with a risk communication and community engagement campaign in Alhol camp, northeast Syria, currently home to 60,000 displaced people, with thanks to a generous contribution from Kuwait.

    Man distributing brochures to women gathered around him
    UNICEF/Syria/2021/Delil Souleiman
    A youth volunteer distributing COVID-19 vaccine awareness brochures to displaced women and children in Alhol camp, northeast Syria, as part of the UNICEF-supported risk communication and community engagement campaign for demand generation. The campaign is run in parallel to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in the camp.
    Man reading a brochure with a family members inside a tent and a volunteer talking to them
    UNICEF/Syria/2021/Delil Souleiman
    Youth volunteers conducting tent-to-tent visits and distributing COVID-19 vaccine awareness brochures to people at Alhol camp, northeast Syria, as part of the UNICEF-supported risk communication and community engagement campaign for demand generation. The campaign, in partnership with WHO and the Department of Health, is run in parallel to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in the camp.
    Men inside a tent, hands holding a brochure
    UNICEF/Syria/2021/Delil Souleiman
    Youth volunteers conducting tent-to-tent visits and distributing COVID-19 vaccine awareness brochures to people at Alhol camp, northeast Syria, as part of the UNICEF-supported risk communication and community engagement campaign for demand generation. The campaign, in partnership with WHO and the Department of Health, is run in parallel to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in the camp.
    Women and children inside a tent, hands holding a brochure
    UNICEF/Syria/2021/Delil Souleiman
    Youth volunteers conducting tent-to-tent visits and distributing COVID-19 vaccine awareness brochures to people at Alhol camp, northeast Syria, as part of the UNICEF-supported risk communication and community engagement campaign for demand generation. The campaign, in partnership with WHO and the Department of Health, is run in parallel to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in the camp.
    Health worker giving a vaccine to elder woman inside a tent
    UNICEF/Syria/2021/Delil Souleiman
    A health worker giving COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly woman at her tent in Alhol camp, northeast Syria.
    Health worker giving a vaccine to a man insidie a tent
    UNICEF/Syria/2021/Delil Souleiman
    A health worker visiting the tent of a man with a chronic illness to provide him with COVID-19 vaccine in Alhol camp, northeast Syria.

    This campaign comes after a first campaign was conducted since the beginning of June to identify community concerns about receiving the vaccine, including misinformation and misconceptions they have.

    Related topics

    Children of Syria
    COVID-19
    Vaccines
    Internal displacement
    Health
    Partnerships
    Community health volunteers
    Community engagement
    Youth
    Youth engagement
    Adolescent and youth participation
    Syrian Arab Republic

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