With nearly a million persons vaccinated against COVID-19 in Anambra State, Anambra State Government has launched another push to sustain the success recorded against the infection so far.
In an event at the Community Primary Health Centre, Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area, Governor Chukwuma Soludo inaugurated the S. C. A. L. E. S. 3.0 Strategy for COVID-19 mass vaccination in Anambra State, as a way of crippling the potency in the spread of the disease in the state.
At the last count, six hundred and forty-three thousand, six hundred and fifty- eight persons have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Anambra State, as such, keying into the national S. C.A.L.E.S. 3.0 strategy will help to extend the reach so that more persons could get vaccinated.
The strategy of COVID-19 mass vaccination which was inaugurated nationally last Monday, is designed to become an evidence-based update that uses human-centered demand generation to address the low COVID-19 risk perception in the country and most importantly, integrate other primary health care services using an implementation strategy that addresses bottlenecks on service delivery, communication, accountability and logistics.
Inaugurating the campaign, Governor Soludo emphasized the need for stakeholders such as community and church leaders to support the efforts of the government in properly sensitising and informing the populace on the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Governor Soludo who was represented at the ceremony by the Director of Public Health and Disease Control, Anambra State Ministry of Health, Dr Afam Anaeme said the state government will continue to give unfettered support to the COVID-19 mass vaccination.
The Executive Secretary, Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu, on her part, insisted that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective in the reduction of the spread of COVID-19 and called on residents of the state to get vaccinated during this mass vaccination which will last for three months.
The team leader of National Supervisors of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Ogbonnaya Omaha, the State Technical Assistant, COVID-19 Vaccination, World Health Organization, Anambra State, Mr Shehu Muhammad and the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Red Cross Society, Anambra State Chapter, Engineer Kingsley Okoye in their separate goodwill messages explained that the campaign will also involve other primary health interventions such as checking people’s blood pressure, sugar level, nutrition and many others.
The Transition Committee Chairman of Awka North Local Government Area, Mr Emmanuel Ucheze was represented at the event by the Director of the Council Area’s Health Authority, Dr Ugochukwu Okwuba.
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