What is British Embassy doing in accelerating vaccine coverage in ASEAN countries?

The British Embassy Hanoi has announced a Call for Bids to expand vaccination coverage in ASEAN countries by addressing vaccine hesitancy among citizens.

Objectives

• The ultimate goal of this project is to increase vaccine confidence and vaccine uptake of vulnerable ethnic minority groups in remote areas, where the immunisation rates are lowest in ASEAN countries.
• In reference to a theory of change, valid public health models and latest evidence in the region, the project will:

• Rapidly identify and assess barriers that prevent ethnic minority communities in Vietnam and at least another ASEAN country from the confidence in and uptake of vaccines, including but not limited to COVID19 vaccines.
• Implement innovative, feasible and soft public health interventions, without involving hardware investment (e.g. investment in infrastructure, facilities, equipment and the like) in those countries to overcome most impactful identified barriers and make transformational changes.
• Provide a light touch evaluation of effectiveness and lessons learnt from the interventions.

Funding Information

• The budget for this project shall not exceed £120,000 (including management and administration costs, and any relevant local taxes).
• Management and administrative costs shall not be more than 10% of the overall budget.
• Expenditure shall adhere to rules set out in the existing donor (UK or UN-EU) cost norms in each host country.
• Exchange rates if applied will be FCDO’s exchange rates.
• Funding can only be granted to not-for-profit organisations.

The deadline for submitting the applications is 26-Aug-21.

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