There will be no stones left unturned in Davao City’s aggressive Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
To do that, the city government of Davao will be going to every barangay to provide vaccination.
Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, explained that this mobile vaccination that is also dubbed “special vaccination days” will be doing house-to-house vaccination, this is apart from the house-to-house vaccination being conducted by the Vice Mayor’s Office.
Schlosser said the activity is targeting the pediatric population 12 years old and above and the vulnerable population (senior citizens) for booster shots, missed doses, and first and second doses.
“We will also be doing simultaneously the same thing sa mga barangays na natan-awan nato na gamay lang ang turnout of vaccinees. Nagpahigayon nata ug mobile vacciantion for 12 years old and above kauban ang vaccination cluster in partnership with UNICEF. Hopefully, makatabang ni siya magpataas sa atoang number of vaccinees sa kato na age groups,” she said.
Among the barangays in Davao City, barangays in Bunawan and Toril provided lists of families who have not yet been vaccinated.
“So far ang naghatag pa lang sa listahan kay ang Bunawan and Toril. This will be our initial na lakang para sa suyuron ang bawat barangay especially sa atong pediatric population and vulnerable population,” Schlosser said.
Schlosser said through this the city will be able also to conduct education and information campaigns regarding the benefit of the vaccines right at the doorstep of each family.
“Ang strategy ani is suyuron ang barangay. Bawat District Health Offices and bawat barangay nato they will be submitting to us kanang ginatawag nato na number of mga tao or families nila nga wala pa nabakunahan so that apart sa mapabakunahan nato sila ibutang pud nato sa ilahang lataran ang education information campaign para mas masabtan nila kung unsa ka importante ang bakuna, unsa ang benefits sa bakuna, mu-go down nata up to ground level,” she said.
The city also trained the contact tracers to assess each family and to conduct family profiling.
“What they will do is i-assess nila ang bawat pamilya kung kinsa ang nabakunahan ug Covid-19 as well as katong mga bata nga nabakunahan ug mga routine vaccines. It’s hitting two birds in one stone as well as do family profiling para makabalo mi kung kinsa pa ang wala pa nabakunahan ug Covid-19 sa isa ka pamilya,” Schlosser said.
She also said that they are going to involve the Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) to help the district health office to consolidate lists of barangays that have few turnouts of vaccinees.
Schlosser also reminded that all fixed vaccination hubs in the city are still open.
