The city government’s Demand Generation team touched base with residents of barangay Tigbalabag last Wednesday morning, April 19, as the second in a series of information caravans spearheaded to support the upcoming Measles Rubella Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-OPV SIA) from May 1 to 31.
Upon directives of Mayor John Dalipe to ensure engagement and widest dissemination of information regarding the campaign to all residents, the Demand Generation team spearheaded a face-to-face learning session to highlight the importance of vaccination as protection against measles, rubella, and polio with parents, guardians, and caregivers of children below 2 years old from barangay Tigbalabag and other neighboring areas.
An open forum followed the learning session where participants were able to voice out concerns and questions about the campaign as well as matters concerning childhood vaccination programs.
Under the MR-OPV SIA campaign, children aged 0 to 59 months are eligible to receive the OOV while children aged 9 to 59 months are eligible to receive the MR vaccine.
In Zamboanga City, the MR-OPV SIA aims to vaccinate 79,973 children aged 9-59 months for the measles rubella vaccine and 93,802 children 0-59 months old for oral polio vaccine.
Present during the information session held at the Tigbalabag multi-purpose covered court were barangay chairperson Mohammad Toto, Kagawad Guillermo Arias, barangay midwife Josephine Arias as well as other barangay officials and health center workers and staff. (Jasmine Mohammadsali, photo courtesy of CMO-PIO)
(Source: City Government of Zamboanga Facebook page)