Door-to-door vaccine programme blueprint for underserved communities
07 Jul 2021 / 12:08 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: Bedridden individuals and their caregivers in Malaysia have started receiving their Covid-19 vaccine under a door-to-door programme to assess non-governmental organisations’ (NGO) capacity to reach and cover underserved communities. Mercy Malaysia Health Unit head Dr Mohammad Iqbal Omar, told Bernama Mercy and other NGOs aim to vaccinate some 22,000 individuals in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, listed as bedridden in the government’s database. “It’s a pilot project for the NGOs. It is very important for us,” he said, adding the importance ...