The Department of Health (DOH) urged local government units (LGUs) to do house-to-house registration to accommodate more people, particularly senior citizens and persons with comorbidities, in the government’s vaccination program.
In a Town Hall on Covid-19 Vaccine Prioritization, Masterlisting and Registration conducted by the DOH on Wednesday, San Juan City featured their method of house-to-house registration for residents without internet access.
With this, the DOH called on LGUs to adopt such best practices, just like what San Juan is doing, to be able to reach and vaccinate more Filipinos in the A2 and A3 priority groups.
“Patuloy din po ang ating panawagan sa ating mga local na pamahalaan na siguraduhin na ang ating mga kababayan na nasa A1, A2, at A3 ay may access sa pagregister sa pagbabakuna [We continue to call on our local government units to make sure that those belonging to A1,A2, and A3 should have an access to vaccine registration],” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.
Duque stressed that efficient registration enables a more organized system in identifying eligible priority groups, scheduling, recording information, and managing the flow of people in vaccination sites.
While the national government and LGUs continuously intensify their information dissemination campaigns, it is also prudent to assess what LGUs and vaccination sites can do more to improve access of senior citizens and persons with comorbidities to vaccination.
The DOH stressed that identifying these issues would help LGUs employ more targeted and localized measures to improve access and eventually scale up vaccination of these vulnerable populations.
Among the issues initially identified are internet connectivity as more LGUs implement online registration, and accessibility of designated vaccination sites.
The DOH emphasized the importance of continuously improving the implementation of the national vaccination program, as the government prepares to vaccinate the A4 priority group.
The DOH also committed to help LGUs improve their vaccination process to be able to serve more Filipinos.
As of May 31, 1.3 million senior citizens have received their first dose while around 258,000 received their second dose.
Additionally, 1.2 million persons with comorbidity have been vaccinated with their 1st dose while around 294,000 received their second dose.
The DOH continues to remind the public to take their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine as scheduled to acquire full protection against the severe form of Covid-19 and avoid hospitalization.
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