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INDIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Volume 48, Issue 5, Pages 644-647Publisher
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_248_23
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Advocacy; audiences; communication; COVID-19; Mann ki Baat; mass media; public health; radio
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Public health programmes rely heavily on communication, advocacy, and social mobilisation for success in COVID-19 vaccination. In India, the government faced challenges of misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, which Prime Minister Modi addressed through various channels and by engaging with people's voices on social media platforms.
Public health programmes are interlinked and intertwined with communication, advocacy and social mobilisation for their success. The unprecedented situation created by COVID-19 brought a medical emergency all over the world, the like of which was probably not seen after the Spanish Flu outbreak, a century ago. First there seemed no solution in sight when tens of thousands of people lost their lives to the coronavirus in various countries, but when the vaccine arrived, there were, in general, doubts about its efficacy and safety. Indian scenario was not any different. When the government launched the vaccine in a campaign mode in January 2021, it was also battling with misperceptions and vaccine hesitancy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took it upon himself to address the issue through his various addresses to the nation and his signature programme Mann ki Baat (MKB) on the radio. This review paper examines the empirical research on MKB coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the media multiplier impact of the MKB, people's voices through their engagement with various social media platforms, and what is the impact on vaccine uptake.
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