WHO | Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Community Health Workers Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination

Description

Welcome! This online course provides an interactive overview of the challenges that CHWs may face in preparing communities for COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. In this course, you will 

be better able to:

  1. Explain how personal biases and perceptions can affect vaccine acceptance and how to address these as part of your role.
  2. Identify and manage varying levels of vaccine acceptance in the community and apply appropriate communication and community engagement strategies to address different audiences.
  3. Identify and manage infrastructural barriers and enabling factors to empower your community in COVID prevention, detection & response
  4. Define strategies and planning for CHWs to keep physically safe and mentally well amidst evolving situation of a pandemic. 
  5. Define strategies to identify and connect health agencies and existing RCCE mechanisms with community needs and capacities.


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Course Outline