ILOILO – The provincial government is giving incentives to barangay volunteers in the conduct of the measles-rubella and oral poliovirus vaccine supplemental immunization activity (MR-OPV SIA) from May 1 to 31.
Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares, head of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO), said Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. allotted P8 million for volunteer workers to boost the province’s vaccination coverage.
It will be given to barangay health workers, barangay nutrition scholars, and child development workers or barangay service point officers who acted as social mobilizers, guides, and recorders or conducted social preparation and advocacy activities.
The volunteer workers will receive P50 for every child they mobilize for vaccination.
A list of vaccinated children uploaded to the Synchronized Electronic Immunization Registry will serve as the basis for the payroll.
The workers must also be included in the list of qualified barangay volunteers as verified by the midwife/nurse-in-charge and concurred by the municipal health officer for them to avail of the incentives.
The province of Iloilo targets immunizing 161,566 children aged nine to 59 months against measles-rubella.
As of May 19, it had vaccinated 104,512 children, or 64.69 percent of the target eligible population, against measles-rubella.
It ranked second among the provinces in Western Visayas in terms of percent coverage. Negros Occidental is the top-performing province with 75.29 percent or 167,594 children and ranked third is Guimaras with 64.21 percent or 9,801 children.
Here is the breakdown per town of the 104,512 children immunized in the province as of May 19: Miag-ao (5,355), Pototan (4,641), Passi City (4,493), Tigbauan (4,222), Carles (3,770), Sara (3,710), Dumangas (3,547), Santa Barbara (3,396), Lambunao (3,256), Janiuay (3,234), Dingle (3,071), Barotac Nuevo (3,070), Calinog (3,062), Barotac Viejo (3,030), Cabatuan (3,022), Oton (3,020), Ajuy (2,951), Concepcion (2,736), San Dionisio (2,267), San Joaquin (2,501), Lemery (2,462), Pavia (2,415), Estancia (2,089), Leganes (2,067), Alimodian (1,832), Leon (1,820), Balasan (1,815), Maasin (1,809), Dueñas (1,762), San Enrique (1,741), Banate (1,690), Guimbal (1550), Igbaras (1,464), Tubungan (1,442), Mina (1,290), Badiangan (1,139), San Rafael (1,138), New Lucena (1,137), Anilao (1,106), San Miguel (1,066), Zarraga (918), and Bingawan (771).
The supplemental immunization activity is a month-long nationwide campaign which aims to eliminate measles in the country. (With a report from LHC/Capitol news)/PN
