Tura, Feb 12: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma today flagged off the Six Specialized Mobile Vaccination Units at Tura Civil Hospital.
The Government of Meghalaya has partnered with the U S Agency for International Development (USAID) for launching of mobile vaccination initiative to administer vaccines to underserved and marginalised communities who have limited access to vaccination centres and live in hard-to-reach areas.
Moreover, in order 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 6 mobile Vaccination Clinics within West Garo Hills and East Khasi Hills districts of Meghalaya. This initiative is hoped to create awareness followed by vaccinating hard-to-reach tribal and rural population by taking Doctor based Mobile Vaccination Clinics near 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 B G 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 D. Ivonne M Sangma were among others present at the function.