East Khasi Hills
Vaccinating a beneficiary
Positive Learnings
- Microplanning in terms of route mapping and village mapping helped us to increase the coverage.
- Availability of basic medicines with the team attracted more beneficiaries.
Challenges
- Conducting multiple camps in a day was a challenge as the villages were far apart.
- It was challenging to convince people to get vaccinated due to traditional and religious beliefs of people.
Providing basic medicines to beneficiaries
East Garo Hills
Going on foot to villages where ambulance can't reach
Positive Learnings
- As the geography of Meghalaya made it difficult for the team to cover more than one village in a day, so we took up the strategy of splitting a team into two. One vaccinator accompanied by a doctor and the other vaccinator accompanied by a Healthcare Assistant went to two adjoining villages for more coverage.
- Mobilizing people using mic and speaker was useful in villages where houses were scattered.
Challenges
- Team had to walk miles to reach some villages as there were no proper roads for the ambulance to travel.
- Moving from door-to-door to mobilize people was challenging as the houses were scattered.
Mobilization using mic and speaker in villages
West Garo Hills
People waiting in queue to get vaccinated
Positive Learnings
- Presence of Doctor and ambulance made it easy to convince people to get vaccinated.
- Microplanning in terms of route mapping and village mapping helped us to increase the coverage.
Challenges
- Convincing people to get vaccinated (especially tribal community) was a challenging task.
- Rainy season made mobility from one place to another challenging.
