Analysis
As parents in Kenya continue to search for vaccines during the ongoing shortage, some online users claim that vaccines are “poison” that children don’t need. One post also claimed that vaccines are “contraceptives” meant to prevent births.
Recommendations
Messengers may wish to partner with trusted health, faith, and community leaders to explain the benefits of childhood vaccination for children and their families. Messaging may emphasize that hundreds of millions of children worldwide safely receive polio vaccines each year. Polio vaccines have eliminated polio in most countries and prevented paralysis in millions of children.