Effective communication key to tackling vaccine disinformation

A nurse administering Covid-19 vaccine to a Police officer at the Standard Media Group HQ, June 28, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Covid-19 vaccines are arguably the most important health products of 2021.

They are saving millions of lives globally. There should be no doubt about that. Unfortunately, this is not the case in Africa, where, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 2 per cent of the population has been vaccinated so far.