The Africa Centre in Partnership with Foundation for Black Communities created some resources that addresses the myths and controversies around the covid 19 vaccine. These animated videos address different questions surrounding vaccine hesitancy. Some of the questions are: Should pregnant women get vaccinated? I have already been had the disease so I don’t need the…
Africa Centre has compiled a resource tool kit aimed at educating the public on the changing COVID-19 situation and questions around vaccines. The information has been compiled from Alberta Health Services and medical experts in the field. They invited Dr. Augustine who actively works in Black communities in the US to assess vaccine hesitancy based on…
Dr. Jennifer Njenga is the CEO of Canada HomeCare Group. She presents a three part series on the efficacy of Vaccines. In this workshop, she defined what the Covid 19 is and the havoc it has wrecked across the world, how people get the virus, what we can do to reduce the spread of…
Dr Jennifer Njenga MD MPH DRPH is the CEO of Canada Homecare Group. In August 2021, she presented workshops for LCCMedia Foundation on Improving Vaccine Literacy Campaign with the Edmonton Community Foundation and the Federation of Black Communities. The workshops she led were titled Vaccines and You. Each workshop was different though, she attempted to…
Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect our families, communities and ourselves against COVID-19. Evidence indicates that vaccines are effective at preventing serious outcomes, such as severe illness, hospitalization and death due to COVID-19. The vaccines are designed to protect you and health Canada has approved the use of Pfizer- BioNTech…
LCCMedia Foundation is involved in a 40Day Campaign to improve vaccine literacy amongst bipoc people in Edmonton. The campaign which started July 19th 2021 will end on Friday September 10th. You can follow the campaign here, here, here and here. Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect our families, communities and…