Brand | MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AFGHANISTAN |
Product/Service | THE IMMUNITY CHARM |
Entrant | McCANN INDIA Mumbai, INDIA |
Category | Low Budget / High Impact Campaign |
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
To counter these traditional biases, we turned to another Afghan tradition. A bracelet that is tied on infants to ward off evil forces, now also protects them from diseases.
The Brief
Overall budget for the project was approximately US$30,000
Immunity Charm Kits US$16,000
Training and Educational Material US$8,000
Implementation and Logistics US$6,000
Creative Execution
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.
Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results
The immunity charm has helped doctors create real enthusiasm in Afghanistan about maintaining immunization history. Seeing the success of the pilot program the Government will now be extending it to other provinces as well.
Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service
The Immunity Charm is the immunization history of a child, worn by the child. It creates a direct communication between infants' doctors and the parents. Borrowing from an Afghan tradition itself, we modified the evil eye charm, commonly found on an infants wrist, as our medium to spread the message of immunization amongst various Afghan communities. The charm is not merely for the purpose record keeping of vaccines but also reminds parents to follow up on their child's immunization.
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.
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 |