Mrs. ArAien, Apok village, Pong district, Savannakhet province

The Concerning the Project on Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Support in Lao PDR (AHP)

6/26/20231 min read

Expanding COVID's vaccination is a necessity for the Lao people, especially for children living in rural areas; the project on Access to COVID-19 vaccination support in Lao PDR has roll-out regular COVID-19 vaccination support to children in the local area in four provinces in Laos namely; Khammouan, Savannakhet, Champasak, and Saravan province.

Mrs. ArAien, Apok village, Pong district, Savannakhet province (elderly) At first, she said that she was afraid of the impact on her health, but now the mobile medical team has come to educate her about health at home. The vaccine is a medicine to prevent covid-19, but now she decided to inject the vaccine against covid-19.

In addition to expanding access to support for the Covid-19 vaccine, the program is also linked to routine immunization programs for mothers and children in rural areas so that they have better access to primary health care.