IMMUNITY CHARM

Short List
TitleIMMUNITY CHARM
BrandMINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AFGHANISTAN
Product / ServiceINNOVATIVE HEALTH TRACKER
CategoryA02. Creative Effectiveness for Good
EntrantMcCANN INDIA Mumbai, INDIA
Idea Creation McCANN INDIA Mumbai, INDIA
Idea Creation 2 McCANN NEW DELHI, INDIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Prateek Bhardwaj McCann Worldgroup, India Executive Vice President & National Creative Director
Jitender Dabas McCann Worldgroup, India Chief Strategy Officer
Vibha Gupta McCann Worldgroup, India Regional Planning Director
Harshit Jain McCann Health Country Head India, McCann Health India
Soumya Shiva Nagabhushan McCann Worldgroup India Creative Director

Brief Explanation

In Afghanistan, the infant mortality rate was 115 per 1000 live births, the worst in the world, with a vaccination completion rate of less than 50%. Years of conflict and deep rooted traditional biases meant doctors had to work without proper immunization history. Parents simply did not see merit in getting their children vaccinated or maintaining vaccine records. By identifying an existing cultural symbol of protection and giving it a new meaning, we created a new way for doctors to communicate with each other in absence of proper hospital records while encouraging the mothers to get their children vaccinated. Over centuries, parents from across socioeconomic classes ensure their newborns wear a bracelet to protect them from evil forces. We reimagined the traditional bracelet to create a meaningful, ritualistic solution that is helping improve immunization status of children. The Immunity Charm – a simple thread with colored beads where each bead represents a specific vaccine, that has been administered and added to the bracelet. These tiny colored beads became a message between doctors to know the immunization history of child in absence of any hospital based physical records while creating empowering the health workers to persuade mothers on the benefits of vaccination.