Event: COVID Vaccine - How do I make the best decision for me?
Date Added: 25/02/2021
Live event on Sunday 28th February at 4pm
If you have been following the news recently, you will have seen the daily report on covid vaccinations. However we have not always had enough opportunity to have meaningful conversations, ask questions and increase our knowledge of how we protect ourselves, our children, our loved ones and our community now and in the future. The World Health Organisation recently listed vaccine hesitancy, where people with access to vaccines delay or refuse vaccination, as one of the top 10 biggest threats to global health.
On the Couch with Fols is a space for us to have open, honest and non judgemental conversations with a team of experts who will be answering your deep questions whether you have had the vaccination or not, or are planning to or not. Some areas we will touch on include behaviour/side effects after vaccination, different types of vaccines, residual impacts of covid symptoms, children & vaccines and the next generation of covid vaccines. Please send in your questions when you register!
Please share this event with people around you that would benefit from this conversation and invite them to come along. Maybe a family member, a friend, a colleague or associate.
Register quickly at www.folakomolafe.com/onthecouch
"Knowledge is power. It helps us survive far longer than we should, and prevents us from making the same mistakes we made in the past."
Professor Gurch Randhawa is Professor of Diversity in Public Health and Director of the Institute for Health Research at the University of Bedfordshire. On COVID19 matters, Gurch has written pieces for the Guardian, British Medical Journal and made numerous media appearances to discuss issues about the inequalities of the pandemic and the importance of taking a public health approach to managing COVID19.
Dr Simisola Alabi is GP, Clinical Director and Regional Lead for Population Health. She leads on vaccine strategy and deployment for Titan Primary Care Network and is founder of Vine Health- promoting wellness in the black community.
Dr Omotayo Kufeji is an enthusiastic and innovative GP partner at Newport Pagnell Medical Centre, which is the largest practice in Milton Keynes. He is also a board member of the NHS Cononfederation Primary Care Network (PCN) Board.
Dr Poonam Kapila is currently the Clinical lead for Microbiology service and leads the infection control team at Milton Keynes University Hospital. She achieved a fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists and has been working in the speciality of Microbiology for more than 15 years.
Dr Dayo Kuku is a practising GP at Flitwick surgery in Bedfordshire and the Respiratory Clinical Lead for Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ( BLMK) CCG. She is the Chair of BEDOC, a primary medical services provider.