Healthcare workforce called upon to support vaccination deployment
The Health Professionals Associations have called upon the healthcare workforce to support the vaccine deployment so that the can vaccinate as many people as possible in the coming few months.
In a statement, the professionals said that the success of the vaccination rollout will depend on the agility of the healthcare workforce.
“Without your sacrifice and effort, it will be impossible to get the vaccine to the remotest locations in this country,” read a part of the statement.
“The more of us are vaccinated, the safer the country and the world gets.”
The association also asked the Ministry of Health to monitor the effects of post-vaccination and guarantee medical attention in case such an incident occurs even as the Covid-19 vaccination drive continues across the country.
The professionals expressed their confidence in the vaccine, saying just like the other vaccines, the Covid-19 vaccines have been developed under World Health Organization(WHO) safety and efficacy standards.
“As a sign of goodwill and create conducive partnership space with professional health care workers associations we call on the government to withdraw the proposed amendment in the Health Act of 2019 that seeks to alienate the professional bodies from the governance and regulation of healthcare.”
The professionals however warned against commercialization of covid-19 vaccines by selfish individuals.
“We would also like to caution against the commercialization of vaccines by unscrupulous individuals making them out of reach to the public,” the professionals said.
