Divine Mother and Child (DMAC) Foundation has supported health workers and volunteers for the covid-19 vaccination exercise with 85 snack packs and water.
The donation made to the New Juaben South Municipal Health Directorate is to refresh the vaccinators taking part in the third national Covid-19 mass vaccination exercise.
The donation was made on Monday, August 1, 2022, by Ruth Lartey, Project coordinator of DMAC Foundation was received by Mrs. Diana Ohene – Disease control officer with support from, Mrs. Elizabeth Aggrey – Secretary, and Mrs. Priscilla Odame – Staff nurse.
Mrs. Victoria Dah – Typist, and Dickson Donkor – Human Resource Manager at the Health Directorate
Also present were Nelson Nkrumah -Finance officer and Dennis Bansah – Disease Control officer.
The Municipal Health directorate commended the DMAC Foundation for its relentless support of quality healthcare in the region.
The Project Coordinator of DMAC Foundation Ruth Larteh reiterated the commitment of the NGO to supporting the COVID-19 vaccination exercise to achieve the targeted objective.
She urged the public to avail themselves to be fully vaccinated since the virus is still infecting people.
Ruth Larteh emphasized that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and efficacious stating that it is evident none of the vaccinated populace in Ghana has experienced any fatal side effects defeating various conspiracy theories about its Safety.
Ghana, the first country in the world to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility, kicked off its vaccination drive on 1 March 2021, making its rollout among the longest-running in Africa.
Despite the longevity of its vaccination program, by the beginning of 2022, less than half of the target population of 20 million people had received at least one vaccine dose and only about 13% were fully vaccinated due to hesitancy.
Therefore, Ghana became one of the countries that failed to hit the World Health Organization’s end-2021 target of vaccinating at least 40 percent of its population
However, the country is making headway from its periodic COVID-19 vaccination campaigns which began in February this year.
The Mass vaccination and campaign exercises have led to an increase in doses administered from 9.7 million at the end of January to 13 million at the end of March, representing a 34% increase in the cumulative number of doses.
In the first campaign, over 80% of the set target was met, with around 2 million doses administered.
The country aimed to administer 2.3 million COVID-19 vaccines by the end of its second campaign which was launched in April at Yilo Krobo.
The mass vaccination campaign included a strong element of risk communication and community engagement, to counter the low-risk perception and circulating misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines in communities.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
