More people are getting immunised – a marked change in behaviour from the hesitancy observed towards the end of and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though the coverage has not reached the 95 per cent benchmark that health practitioners would like, they still view the numbers to be satisfactory, with a notable high level of trust in childhood vaccination.
Senior health officer at the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic Julia Serrano said that the relationships forged with patients throughout the years have been a big help in them being more comfortable with the process, leading to an increase in the number of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations for last year.
“They would have seen us, from as young as a child. We cared for them during the antenatal and postnatal period and now they’re coming back to us for their vaccines,” she said. (JRN)
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