The healthcare workers are going door-to-door to inoculate residents, but the team is facing an uphill battle due to vaccine hesitancy among residents.
LANAO DEL NORTE, Philippines – Carrying bags of COVID-19 vaccine doses, Hairan Dimosimba Campong and her team of 12 nurses squeezed into an ambulance that then brought them to the outlying villages of Pantar town in Lanao del Norte.
Dr. Hapsa Salic Batuan, head of the Pantar town Rural Health Unit, said Campong and the nurses started their house-to-house campaign early this year because vaccination hesitancy kept people from going to public health facilities. Campong said it was understandable since a day in bed because of the side effects would mean they would not be able to work and provide food for their families.
In its March 12 assessment, the DOH-X said only 5,568 residents had been given their first dose of vaccine and only 4,914 residents got their second doses in the town. Fatimah readily agreed to be jabbed – it was her first booster shot. She told them she was waiting for weeks for the nurses to pass by.
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