Communication priorities Report: 2-8 May 2022
- Title
- Communication priorities Report: 2-8 May 2022
- Type of Report
- Communication Priorities Report
- Date
- May 8, 2022
- Key Trends In the Report
- The communication priorities covered the possibility of a 5th wave approaching. Promotion of vaccine effectiveness and booster campaigns available to people 18 and above. Lastly, the communication priorities highlighted Long-COVID-19 symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, breathing issues, and more
- Misinformation by Period
- The types of misinformation highlighted in the report included vaccine myths such as vaccines are unsafe or contain harmful ingredients. Fertility and sexual health concerns such as vaccines cause infertility or sexual health concerns.
- Suggested Recommendations
- The suggested recommendations included promotion of COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots. Information addressing Long-COVID. Promotion of continued preventitive behaviours such as wearing of masks, social distancing, washing of hands etc.
- Lockdown Level
- The National State of Disaster lifted
- Cumulative Cases
- No Data
- Cumulative Deaths
- No Data
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- No Data
- Cumulative Recoveries
- No Data
- Number of vaccines administered for that week
- No Data
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- No Data
- Geographical Region
- Africa (South Africa)
- Curators of the report
- Nombulelo Leburu
- Stakeholders
- National Health Hotline: Reports from the national call centre
- Org: NDOH Covid-19 WhatsApp system
- WHO Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA)
- UNICEF: digital analysis of content on Google, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, and digital news
- SA Red Cross: Network of over 2,000 community volunteers reporting misinformation and concerns.
- Real 411 Media Monitoring Africa: a mis- and disinformation reporting and debunking initiative
- COVID Comms: a network of communications specialists that produces information on the pandemic.
- DOH Free State & KZN: Provincial Departments of Health
- Health Systems Trust, Community Constituency Front (CCF),
- Health Enabled
- Centre for Communication Impact, Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change
- Medical Research Council, National Institute for Communicable Diseases,
- SA Vaccination and Immunisation Centre, HSRC, DG Murray Trust, Right to Care
- Universities of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Free State, Wits, Stellenbosch, Sefako Makgatho
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