ILOILO CITY (PIA) -- A total of 152 vaccinators and 200 data encoders is set to be hired by the Department of Health (DOH) 6 as additional human resource for the Measles-Rubella – bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-bOPV SIA) comes May 2023.

This was noted by Medical Officer III Dr. Jose Martin Atienza, the Regional Immunization Program Coordinator of the DOH 6, in a press conference, March 27.

According to him, the deployment of the additional vaccinators and data management support staff or encoders will cover a two-month period for May and June.

For the said supplemental immunization activity, Atienza calls on fellow health practitioners and the general public to promote the campaign to combat misconceptions and raise vaccine confidence among patients and the target population.

Meanwhile, Dr. Fritzi Anne Suzette Jeroso-Dequito, the Health Promotion Unit head of DOH 6, encouraged parents, guardians, and caregivers to bring their children and wards and get them protected against measles, rubella, and polio diseases. (JBG/FRG/PIA6)