Country: Moldova, Republic of

The UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF ECARO) and the VCP worked in partnership to better understand the impact of social media on caregivers’ attitudes, beliefs, trust, immunisation intention and uptake.

Vaccine confidence in Moldova is very low compared to other countries. The data we have for Moldova is from surveys conducted in 2018 which showed that 42% of people feel that vaccines are safe and 46% think they are effective. 62% of those surveyed said they believe it’s important for children to have vaccines.

A practical learning guide and tool to aid the design and implementation of effective, data-driven social media campaigns…

This report outlines the methods and the findings of the VCP’s research, which was conducted to support The Learning Network for Countries in Transition countries in assessing and addressing their vaccine hesitancy issues and in building vaccine confidence capabilities.

LNCT is a platform dedicated to supporting countries as they transition away from Gavi support to full domestic financing of their national immunisation programs.