CHIKITING LIGTAS. Pangasinan Gov. Ramon Guico III (second from left) administers an oral polio vaccine to a child during the launching of the Chikiting Ligtas vaccination campaign program on May 3, 2023. The Department of Health offers mobilization funds and incentives to local government to ramp up their vaccination campaign. (Photo courtesy of Pangasinan Provincial Information Office)
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Department of Health in Ilocos Region (DOH-1) will provide local government units (LGUs) in the region with mobilization funds and incentives to boost the vaccination campaign for children against measles, rubella and polio.
In a statement on Thursday, DOH-CHD-1 director Paula Paz Sydiongco said the mobilization fund will assist LGUs in the financial processes and increase allocations for the ongoing Measles-Rubella and bivalent Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Supplementary Immunization Activities (MR-bOPV SIA) campaign.
“This fund will be allocated according to the number of eligible children, vaccinated children, and vaccination coverage and timely reporting,” she said.
LGUs will get mobilization funds worth PHP20,000 for every 100 to 500 children vaccinated, PHP25,000 for every 50 to 1,000 children, PHP30,000 for every 1,001 to 2,000 children, PHP35,000 for every 2,001 to 3,000 children, PHP40,000 for every 3,001 to 4,000 children, PHP45,000 for every 4,001 to 5,000 children, PHP50,000 for every 5,001 to 10,000 children, and PHP55,000 for every 10,000 above inoculated children.
Aside from the mobilization fund, additional financial incentives will be given depending on the LGU's accomplishment in meeting their vaccination targets and addressing the increasing number of susceptible children against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) in the country.
There will be an additional cash incentive based on their accomplishment starting from PHP15,000 to PHP41,250 for 100 percent accomplishment; PHP10,000 to PHP27,500 for 95 to 99.9 percent accomplishment; PHP5,000 to PHP13,750 for 85 to 99 percent accomplishment.
Timely reporting will also entitle LGUs to a PHP5,000 incentive.
Sydiongco said selected health personnel, technical staff, administrative support and immunization coordinators at the regional and provincial level who will act as coordinators, supervisors, and monitors during the campaign will also be given incentives subject to the availability of funds.
“We will base the number of children vaccinated as per MR target population. And the number of vaccinated children will be determined after the campaign period, including approved extension days,” she said.
Sydiongco thanked the LGUs and the health workers as well as the parents who had their children immunized.
“The vaccination teams will go to the communities to give MR-OPV vaccines to children aged zero to 59 months old so we urge everyone to support this vaccination drive as the vaccines are free, effective, and safe,” she said. (PNA)
