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Brazil launches program to inform about vaccinations

Brazil launches program to inform about vaccinations
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October 25 |

The Brazilian government launched this Tuesday the Health with Science program to encourage people to be properly informed about the prevention of vaccines against diseases.

“All vaccines suffer the impact of negationism and misinformation, which drastically affects and puts the lives of our population at risk,” stressed the Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade.

She also stressed that the website is active with answers to questions, promotional materials, reporting guidelines and information on vaccination.

“Let’s all go together, managers, citizens, young people, religious leaders, in a united front. We can overcome misinformation and do health with science,” she said.

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The data offered by the minister show that between July and September there were 6,801 erroneous information about vaccines, which negatively impacted 23.3 million users.

“More than disinformation, it is a criminal action, because it puts people’s lives and the welfare of society at risk,” said Trindade, who acknowledged that “disinformation was the tonic of the past government” with “the highest authority of the Republic reproducing false and even absurd news about vaccines,” alluding to Jair Bolsonaro.

This program foresees actions to understand disinformation, promote safe information and respond preventively to the effects of the networks of dissemination of false news, according to what was stated by the Brazilian official.

It will work from five pillars involving institutional cooperation, strategic communication, training of health professionals, analysis to understand the phenomenon of disinformation and to hold accountable the possible generators of fake news.

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