Jess DiPierro Obert

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The New Humanitarian: In crisis-hit Haiti, rampant distrust of government is driving vaccine hesitancy
jess dipierro obert
Mar 16, 2021
Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Reporting. On assignment for The New Humanitarian. A lingering constitutional crisis in Haiti that has triggered protests, unrest, and bureaucratic chaos is overshadowing the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout – and fanning a vaccine hesitancy that has also led to fewer immunisations against preventable diseases.

How Haiti’s political crisis is fanning vaccine fears
Anger over corruption and misrule are fuelling conspiracy theories that drive Haitians away from immunisations – and not just for COVID.
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