Six specialized mobile vaccination units were today flagged off by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma at Tura Civil Hospital to administer vaccines to underserve and marginalised communities who have limited access to vaccination centres and hard to reach areas.
The State government has partnered with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for launching of mobile vaccination initiative to meet the challenges of hard to reach areas.
The mobile vaccination units will work in collaboration with GiveIndia, Crypto Relief, USAID, BCG, Vaccine on Wheels which have introduced six mobile vaccination clinics within West Garo Hills and East Khasi Hills districts.
The initiative is hoped to create awareness followed by vaccinating hard-to-reach tribal and rural population by taking doctor based mobile vaccination clinics nearer to the communities.
Further, these units will be accompanied by doctors and nurses to counsel communities on the benefits of vaccination, address potential concerns, and administer vaccines at their doorstep and as vaccine eligibility evolves, the units will visit areas close to schools and colleges, while also delivering precautionary doses for frontline health workers and patients above the age of 60 with co-morbidities.
Extra Assistant Commissioner, West Garo Hills, Dolrich BG Momin, Chairman, Tura Municipal Board, J D Sangma, District Medical & Health Officer, West Garo Hills Tura Dr. Marwin R Sangma, District Maternal Child Health Officer, Tura Dr. Ivonne M Sangma were among others present during the launch.
