It has been announced that conflict in Bawku and subsequent restrictions in the area, including the imposition of curfew and ban on motorbike riding, and also a land dispute between the people of Kandiga and Doba which equally led to curfew in the two communities would affect the vaccination exercise.
This was made known by the Deputy Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health Dr. Josephat Nyuzaghl, during a media engagement in Bolgatanga
He said: “It has been difficult to get all our health workers to communities to reach out to as many people as possible. For this campaign that we would be embarking on, Bawku Municipal for instance will not be taking part,”.
According to him, the Directorate would rely on advice from the security agencies and the various Municipal Health Directors on safe days in the areas for vaccines to be safely deployed, especially in the Bawku Municipality and its environs.
Speaking on the number of doses in the Region, he said a total of 680,460 AstraZeneca, Johnson and Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer vaccines were received.
Out of the number, 429,757, representing 63.2 percent doses were used, noting that 250,703 doses, representing 36.8 percent of AstraZeneca, Johnson, and Johnson Pfizer vaccines were available for use in the five days exercise.
“We do not have issues regarding vaccine availability in the Region. People must avail themselves to be vaccinated. With those who have received at least one dose so far, we have been able to vaccinate 301,660 out of the 830,693 Regional targets.
“This gives us a proportion of 36 percent of our target population. For those fully vaccinated, we have been able to reach 141,562 persons, representing 17.0 percent of our target population,” He said
“I am happy to say that all the vaccines that we received were utilized even before they expired. So, in terms of strategies, micro-planning is critical when it comes to any vaccination programme, and what we have done over the period is to specifically target some of the decentralized departments and agencies to ensure they are aware of the vaccination exercise.” The Deputy Director pointed
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