Social Media Toolkit
Using evidence for advocacy: Visit the 2019 World Immunization Week social media toolkit! Explore our messages, graphics, and gifs illustrating how #VaccinesWork to keep us #ProtectedTogether. Topics include:
- #ProtectedTogether: Herd immunity
- #ProtectedTogether: Mothers and babies
- #ProtectedTogether: Family-level economic protection
- #ProtectedTogether: Country-level economic protection
- #ProtectedTogether: Strengthening health systems
Download the IVAC VoICE WIW Social Media toolkit, with instructions to download animations.
Access all of the materials in this folder.
#ProtectedTogether: Herd immunity
Tweet 1a
Even unvaccinated kids are protected against rotavirus when coverage is high. @VoICE_Evidence #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork http://bit.ly/2YZs5Lv
Tweet 1b
Children with cancer and those with weakened immune systems rely on vaccination and herd immunity for protection from vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccines help ensure these kids are #ProtectedTogether! @VoICE_Evidence #VaccinesWork http://bit.ly/2Kqphnp
Tweet 1c
3 for 1 deal on preventing pneumococcal infections! #VaccinesWork #ProtectedTogether @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2G34qBq
#ProtectedTogether: Mothers and babies
Tweet 2a
Moms get vaccinated to protect themselves AND their children – before and after they are born #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2G2uxbF
Tweet 2b
Children of empowered Nigerian mothers more than twice as likely to be vaccinated. Empowerment means mothers and children are #ProtectedTogether. #VaccinesWork @VoICE_evidence http://bit.ly/2P1FluL
Tweet 2c
Empowering women can lead to greater vaccination rates among children. #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2UuQ6vg
#ProtectedTogether: Family-level economic protection
Tweet 3a
4.5 million cases of poverty prevented with… measles vaccine! Health and wealth #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2UKpRAj
Tweet 3b
Costs to treat diarrhea push 160,000 Ethiopian families into poverty. Rotavirus vaccines, help health & wealth stay #ProtectedTogether. @VoICE_Evidence #VaccinesWork http://bit.ly/2KprjUM
Tweet 3c
Costs to treat pneumonia pushed 59,000 Ethiopian families into poverty in 2013. But now PCV and Hib vaccines help the health & wealth of Ethiopian families stay #ProtectedTogether. @VoICE_Evidence #VaccinesWork http://bit.ly/2KprjUM
Tweet 3d
#VoICE_Evidence: Costs to treat their child’s rotavirus infection were “catastrophic” for 1 in 3 Malaysian families. Vaccines ensure families’ health and wealth are #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork http://bit.ly/2GdFisG
#ProtectedTogether: Country-level economic protection
Tweet 4a
PREVENTED: 24 million cases of poverty due to medical expenses over 15 years in 41 countries. #VaccinesWork #ProtectedTogether @Gavi @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2UFZQCo
Tweet 4b
Spend $1 on vaccines for the developing world and get a 16X return! Health & Wealth #ProtectedTogether thanks to #VaccinesWork. #VaccinesWork @VoICE_Evidence @Gavi http://bit.ly/2G6oJO2
Tweet 4c
$544Billion in productivity losses and medical treatment costs averted in 73 Gavi countries thanks to vaccines. Health and wealth #ProtectedTogether! #VaccinesWork @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2P22Xz2
#ProtectedTogether: Strengthening health systems
Tweet 5a
Vaccines keep health systems healthy by preventing costly infections. #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2P22Xz2
Tweet 5b
#ProtectedTogether: In Kenya, rates of pneumonia hospitalizations in children <5 dropped by 27% after 4 years of PCV10. #VaccinesWork to reduce hospital admissions and free up more resources to treat and prevent other illnesses @VoICE_evidence https://bit.ly/2Im0xfk
VIDEO INSERT HERE: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z94hnzefdto2qk/Tweet%205b_PCV%20Hospitalizations.mp4?dl=0
Tweet 5c
Bangladesh: no hospital bed available for 1 in 4 sick kids. Vaccines keep kids out of hospitals. Healthy kids, healthy health systems #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2Uvqf6w
Tweet 5d
Keeping kids healthy with rotavirus vaccines eases the burden on hospitals and frees up resources for other patients. Health systems and children stay #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork @VoICE_Evidence http://bit.ly/2X09v4b
