Davao City’s contact tracers underwent training on family profiling to assist the Vaccination Cluster and its partners, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Unicef, in the house-to-house mobile vaccination that will be conducted in the barangays.
Davao City COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Dr. Michelle Schlosser, during the COVID-19 Alert program of 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on March 30, said, “Today, we have already trained contact tracers to do the family profiling. Once mahuman, we will consolidate the data para makabalo ta who among the families wala pa nabakuhan sa COVID-19 kay mao ang suyuron sa atong mobile vaccination (Once the family profiling is completed, we will consolidate the data so we will know who among the families have not yet received COVID-19 vaccine as the mobile vaccination team will go after them).”
She said family profiling is one of their strategies in employing the house-to-house mobile vaccination more effectively to deliver better vaccination results for boosters, the first dose, and second doses among the 12 years old and above population group.
Dr. Schlosser said the city has a target opulation and actual population but sometimes, vaccination in the target population is either too fast or too slow.
“We need to have actual population para makabalo ta sa actual na nabakunahan so we will do a family profiling. Apart from that, we’re going to involve katong mga barangays, especially atong BHERTs and barangay functionaries. They’ll be helping the district health offices to consolidate kinsa ang mga barangay under sa ilang distrito ang gamay lang kaayo nabakunahan or wala pa nabakunahan (We need to have an actual population to know the actual number of those vaccinated so we will do a family profiling. Apart from that, we’re going to involve the barangays, especially the Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams functionaries. They’ll be helping the district health offices to consolidate which barangays in their districts have low vaccination rollout or have individuals who have not yet been vaccinated).”
A family profiling will be first conducted in Bunawan and Toril.
The city health official, however, said they already anticipated rejection and refusal from some barangay residents. This is why they intend to push through with the mobile vaccination aside from the ones being spearheaded by the Vice Mayor’s Office (VMO) and the city councilors.
Dr. Schlosser said a refusal does not mean they should stop their efforts to convince Dabawenyos to get themselves vaccinated or boostered.
“Mao gani naga mobile vaccination because we are bringing the vaccination, as well as bringing the education sa ilaha. Balik- balikan nato sila, i-educate nato sila hantud ma-convince nato sila of the importance and benefit of the vaccine (That’s why it’s mobile vaccination because we are bringing the vaccination, as well as bringing the education to them. We will keep going back to them until we convince them of the importance and benefits of the vaccine),” she added.
She also maintained that the fixed vaccination hubs in strategic areas in the city are still open for walk-ins from Mondays to Fridays while the ones in Crocodile Park and People’s Park are open until Saturdays for walk-ins and drive-thru.
Meanwhile, the one at Abreeza Ayala Malls is open until Sunday, April 3, for first, second, missed, and booster doses.
For the list of operational vaccination sites, check it out at the City Government of Davao Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/davaocitygov/posts/5280938615290951.CIO
