Brand | MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AFGHANISTAN |
Product/Service | THE IMMUNITY CHARM |
Entrant | McCANN INDIA Mumbai, INDIA |
Category | Use of Ambient Media: Small Scale |
Idea Creation
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McCANN INDIA Mumbai, INDIA
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Idea Creation 2
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McCANN HEALTH New Delhi, INDIA
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Media Placement
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McCANN HEALTH New Delhi, INDIA
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PR
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McCANN HEALTH New Delhi, INDIA
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The Campaign
he immunity charm comprises colored beads, with each bead being code for a specific vaccine. On every vaccine, doctors add the corresponding bead to the bracelet, creating a data bank on the child's wrist.
Strong traditional biases and wide spread illiteracy were the main hurdles. The Immunity Charm takes care of both as it is rooted in tradition and requires no reading or writing on the part of the parents. And empowers doctors in Afghanistan with real usable information.
Creative Execution
Doctors and Healthcare professionals were given their own Immunity Charm Kits and required just a one hour training program.
With each kit a doctor is equipped to take care of 50 children's Immunization records. The immunity charm comprises colored beads, with each bead being code for a specific vaccine. On every vaccine, doctors add the corresponding bead to the bracelet.
Afghanistan's vaccination completion rate is just 50%, and infant mortality rate is 101 out of every 1000 live births.
As the Immunity Charm spreads across various Afghan provinces, it helps thousands of infants complete their vaccination schedule.
This is a unique case of collecting data and then using that same data as incentive!
The Immunity Charm is a medium in itself as it communicates to Afghanistan audiences that are traditionally biased against vaccination. Seen on Afghan new-borns' wrists, the Immunity Charm is an outdoor ambient message that reminds parents of their vaccination schedules.
At the same time, it carries messages to doctors about the immunization history of a child.
Insights, Strategy and the Idea
The strategy was to incentivize Afghans to maintain data on vaccination. In a society with traditional biases against vaccination, this was no easy task.
The Immunity Charm used another Afghan tradition to tackle traditional biases - an evil eye bracelet that is put on Afghan new borns.
By codifying the beads on the bracelet, doctors have created an incentive for Afghan mothers to maintain immunization history. On every vaccine given, the doctor adds a specific colored bead to the bracelet, building up the immunization history data on the child's wrist. This data can be easily interpreted by other doctors when they see the bracelet.
Credits
Prasoon Joshi |
McCann Worldgroup India |
Cheif Creative Officer |
Prateek Bhardwaj |
McCann Worldgroup India |
National Creative Director |
Harshit Jain |
McCann Health |
Marketing Director (Asia Pacific) |
Soumya Shiva Nagabhushan |
McCann Worldgroup India |
Creative Director |
Vaibhava Bhatnagar |
McCann Worldgroup India |
Creative Team Leader |
Kamya Elawadhi |
McCann Health |
Account Director |
Urvashi Das |
McCann Worldgroup India |
Creative Resource |
Dan Carucci |
McCann Global Health |
Senior Technical Advisor |