The Government Covid-19 Vaccination Programme has been instrumental in curbing the spread of the virus and protecting public health. The programme has faced numerous operational challenges, including planning and allocation of manpower resources, managing vaccine hesitancy among priority groups, and ensuring cold chain requirements for ultra-cold vaccine storage.
Despite these challenges, the programme has successfully administered over 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over the past two years, achieving a 94% completion rate for the primary series and over 84% for booster doses.
This presentation will delve into the challenges encountered by the programme and the actions taken to overcome them. The planning and allocation of manpower resources, including the deployment of healthcare workers and the training of volunteers, has been a major challenge.
Furthermore, the presentation will discuss the cold chain requirements for ultra-cold vaccine storage and inventory management. The programme has implemented a robust cold chain system to ensure the quality and safety of the vaccines, and the presentation will explore the challenges encountered and the solutions employed.
The presentation will highlight the planning process and the role of big data and IT in supporting policy makers to strategize the programme's reach to priority groups. Strategies employed to combat vaccine hesitancy, such as targeted communication campaigns and community outreach programmes will also be discussed.
