Increasing migrants’ access to vaccine information in the Tri-City

Institution launching the call:

National Academic Exchange Agency within the framework of the NAWA Intervention Grants Programme

Project budget:

PLN 195,400.00

Elżbieta Czapka, PhD, from the Centre for Sustainable Development at UG, together with Weronika Kamińska, PhD, and a team of researchers from the Pandemic Centre based at the Alrek Health Cluster, Bergen (Professor Esperanza Diaz – Director of the Centre, Marta-Johanna Svendsen and Andrea Magugliani), received funding of £195,400.00 for a project entitled “Increasing migrants’ access to vaccine information in the Tri-City”.

The winning project includes research activities, the implementation of which, due to the need for a rapid response, is not possible by applying for other existing funding mechanisms.

The project addresses a significant social and civilisational problem with both global and regionally relevant implications. It focuses on access to vaccination knowledge among refugees, disparities in vaccination calendars, low enforcement of vaccination obligations, and the anti-vaccination movements’ growing activity. Sharing knowledge, asking questions and collectively addressing concerns about vaccination can influence a sense of collective responsibility regarding public health in Poland, which can benefit both immigrants and the Polish population.

Education and engagement activities will be carried out in a foreign partnership as part of the project. The actions will consist of three stages: