Polio Pulse

Polio Pulse provides social listening insights to support GPEI’s polio interventions on disinformation, crisis communication, and strategic communication. Data is monitored from polio-endemic and outbreak countries and geographies classified by GPEI, covering 12 major languages spoken in these regions. The platform is managed by the UNICEF Digital Community Engagement (DCE) team.

Low Risk

Parents question why their children keep receiving more doses

Geography
Pakistan
Themes
Necessity

Analysis

A single tweet from Pakistan complained, 'My child already got 5 doses, why again? Too many vaccines!' Though isolated, this taps into parental fatigue and skepticism about repeated campaigns. With 14,000 reach, the narrative is not yet widespread but could resonate more widely if picked up by influencers.

Recommendations

Explain clearly why multiple rounds are needed in outbreak contexts. Develop visuals that show how repeated doses quickly raise community immunity. Engage directly with parent groups to acknowledge fatigue while stressing the protective value of each additional dose.