“Reaching community members who speak languages other than English with clear, understandable and reliable information will be enormously valuable in addressing vaccine hesitancy.” “An important underlying reason for COVID vaccine hesitancy is lack of access to reliable information about the vaccines,” Murphy explains. Murphy, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Director of the UB Community Health Equity Research Institute, is to ensure that clear, accurate vaccine information is available to all members of the community. Translation by the International Institute has resulted in infographic availability in 15 languages.
In an effort to help explain how the COVID-19 vaccines were developed and how a vaccine works, the University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), the International Institute of Buffalo, and the Erie County Department of Health collaborated on the creation of a downloadable infographic.