city of Bnei Brak in February. Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak in February.
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesIsrael and the United Kingdom are among the most-vaccinated countries in the world. Their success is due in part to public health campaigns designed to fight vaccine disinformation in faith and minority communities.
As part of NPR's series on fighting disinformation, London correspondent Frank Langfitt visited a mosque-turned-vaccination center on the frontline of that battle. In Israel, NPR's Daniel Estrin followed the man who helped lead the public health campaign for vaccines.
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This episode was produced by Brent Baughman, Jessica Beck, Brianna Scott and Lee Hale. It was edited by Sami Yenigun with help from Wynne Davis and Yara Bayoumy. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.