| FOB Rajouri, PIB Jammu organize webinar | | | Early Times Report
RAJOURI, July 7: Field Outreach Bureau (FOB), Rajouri & Press Information Bureau, Jammu, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India today organized a webinar on 'Vaccine hesitancy among nomadic population, reasons and panacea' in coordination with District Information Centre, Rajouri.
The webinar focused on the potential acceptance or reluctance among the nomadic/tribal population of the district and the steps taken by the district administration like the awareness generation campaigns in the far-flung areas of the district.
In her introductory address, Neha Jalali, Deputy Director, Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB) J&K and PIB Jammu said that the biggest aim of conducting these webinars is to spread awareness among the tribal population of the district related to the COVID-19 vaccination and to clear the doubts if any by interacting with the health experts available during the webinar.
In his Keynote address, Surinder Mohan Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Koteranka said that the nomadic population being scattered is rather difficult to find to receive Covid-19 vaccination but the timeline intervention of the district administration & health department made it possible to vaccinate majority of its inhabitants in the hilly areas of Koteranka & Budhal.
He further added that it's the convergence and efforts of police, administration and health department that is yielding the fruitful results vis-à-vis Covid19 vaccination now.
Block Medical Officer, Darhal, Dr. Nagina Kousar said that public participation through awareness generation campaigns during the vaccination process created a positive atmosphere among the tribal population of the district which came forward to get vaccinated.
Dr. Iqbal Malik, BMO, Kandi emphasized to use religious preachers to motivate the tribal population that Covid19 vaccination is safe & it this step was imperative during the initial phase of vaccination. |
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