Kenyans on Twitter (#KOT) Fill Vaccine Information Gaps

WHILE THE ARRIVAL OF VACCINE

SHIPMENTS to Kenya are almost always highly publicized events, with photo ops of Kenyan officials and donors welcoming them at an airport. The efforts to publicize the locations where the public can access the doses rarely receive as much attention.

The country’s health ministry hosts a list of approved Covid-19 vaccination centers on its website. But there are barely updates, and this has created confusion, with people unaware of which centers have the vaccines in stock, how to sign up for doses, what the waiting times are.

Now Kenyans on Twitter are addressing this challenge (So effectual is this group at creating change that they have their own hashtag: #KOT.). They’re posting information about medical facilities that have Covid-19 vaccines, sharing their experiences of getting the jabs, and trying to motivate others to get jabbed.

The vaccine information gap is a big challenge in addressing the pandemic in Kenya, says Anand Madhvani, co-founder of Covid Kenya, a group of volunteers that runs a similarly named Twitter page to create awareness about Covid-19 issues, including vaccine availability. “It’s that extra straw in the camel’s back, where people say ‘Okay, then, I don’t know. I don’t know what to do,’” he says. https://techio.co/kenyans-are-sharing-vaccineinformation-their-government-wont-provide/

Source: https://qz.com/africa/2050779/kenyansare-sharing-covid-19-vaccine-information-on-socialmedia/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=dailybrief&utm_content=47a3be48-0589-11ec-9c6116fe4f9330d Image credit: diasporamessenger.com f