When Pakistan’s polio vaccination campaigns were suspended in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my work researching vaccine acceptance in the country was also suspended. Lockdowns made it difficult to continue working with local communities about their vaccine beliefs, misconceptions and concerns. Soon after, Deepa Pokharel, UNICEF Pakistan’s Chief of Communication for Development asked if I, and the two local researchers who work with me, could transition to collecting data on community behavioural patterns to help inform the work of the COVID-19 Risk Communications and Community Engagement (RCCE) task team. Without being able to visit with community members directly, … Continue reading Collecting behavioural insights into COVID-19 in Pakistan