The Stephen Hawking Foundation has created the programme in response to the fact that routine childhood immunisations have fallen every year for almost a decade.
Most recently, immunisation coverage for all routine childhood vaccinations has declined in England by as much as one per cent between 2017/18 and 2018/19. Researchers say this is in part caused by confusing information and unfounded conspiracy theories about vaccines.
The first in a series of teaching aids focuses on the Covid vaccine and tackles “head-on” conspiracy theories that have led to limited uptake in some communities.
The materials have been created via a partnership including the Stephen Hawking Foundation, Morpeth School in east London, Queen Mary University of London, and the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.
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