More than 1.3 million unique people tuned in to learn life-saving information about the COVID-19 pandemic and how to protect themselves.Īll content was hosted on Viamo’s Platform and included key messages, edutainment games and drama series that were also aired on local radio stations.
The first phase in 2020 spanned five countries, Haiti, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zambia. To address emerging health concerns at the start of the pandemic, Viamo and GIZ’s SmartDevelopmentFund, with Co-Financing from the European Union, launched CallVsCorona, boasting the best of Viamo’s Digital Campaigns and Digital Trainings to provide timely information. As a result, only 17 percent of people in low-income countries have been vaccinated. But supply chains, funding and access to vaccines have slowed response rates. Many governments issued thorough public health measures and strong responses. In countries like Haiti, that was as high as 77 percent.Īs we are entering the fourth year of living with COVID-19, the race to vaccinate the world has slowed as 62 percent of the world has received their vaccine.īut for the entirety of the pandemic, low-income countries have remained a step behind.
In seven of the eight countries, more than 65 percent of listeners changed their daily routines and practices, according to formal survey results.
German aid agency GIZ and Viamo’s partnership under the project CallVsCorona has seen dramatic behavior change regarding COVID-19 across seven low-income countries in Africa and the Caribbean.
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