BAGUIO CITY (PIA) -- "Pareho pala 'yung konsepto ng pagkakampanya for a public health program sa pagkakampanya natin for our political leaders. And kung kaya nating ikampanya ang ating mga political leaders, sana araw-araw, kayanin din nating ikampanya 'yung kalusugan ng ating mga kababayan."

Ito ang binigyang-diin ni Department of Health - Cordillera Medical Officer III Dr. Anachris Kilakil para sa epektibong pagpapatupad sa mga public health programs ng pamahalaan.
 
Ayon kay Kilakil, sa pagpapatupad nila sa Supplemental Immunization Activity (SIA) noong Mayo hanggang Hunyo, isa sa napulot nilang aral mula sa feedback ng mga monitoring teams, local government units, at World Health Organization Consultant ay ang epektibong komunikasyon.
 
Kabilang  aniya rito ang social preparation sa pamamagitan ng mga barangay health workers, paggamit sa mga dissemination strategies mula sa COVID-19 vaccination at nakaraang SIAs, at ang pagkakaroon ng visible campaign materials.

"What is more important about the SIA actually is not the campaign itself. The SIA was done not only to address the impending outbreak but more importantly, for us to harvest substantial lessons to advance our routine immunization and other public health interventions," si Kilakil.
 
Bukod dito ay kailangan din aniya ang political commitment hindi lamang ng mga elected officials at regional line agencies kundi maging ng iba pang stakeholders na nakatulong upang makamit ang kanilang layunin.
 
The policy support from the LGU level and the resources that they have provided have made the morale of human resources high and motivated them to reach children eligible for vaccination, dagdag ni Kilakil.

Kailangan din aniya ang magandang management, technical package, at partnerships o kolaborasyon ng mga LGUs, DOH, iba pang ahensiya ng pamahalaan, at civil society organizations.
 
We hope that all the innovations developed and discovered through these  five elements will be sustained to propel more alliances for public health, not only for immunization, aniya.
 
"With our health sectors' strategy of enable, protect, care and strengthen, we hope that in the near future, our families, individuals, and communities would have improved confidence in vaccination, will have strengthened primary care services, and institutionalized surveillance systems so that we will not have any more vaccine-preventable disease cases or outbreaks. Every child is protected, and the future that we envision is we will not do anymore supplemental immunization," dagdag ni Kilakil.
 
Batay sa DOH dashboard, nasa 79.13porsyento  ang mga nabakunahang bata laban sa measles-rubella at 68.89% laban sa oral polio, sa isinagawang MR OPV SIA mula May 1 hanggang June 15, 2023 sa Cordillera. (JDP/DEG-PIA CAR)