Some 23 percent of the target population of the Savanna Region have been vaccinated against OVID-19.
This was disclosed by the Savanna Regional Health Director, Dr Chrysantus Kubio, on Thursday, 10 March 2022, at the annual Regional Health Sector Performance Review Conference held in Damongo.
Dr Kubio, however indicated that the yellow fever outbreak in the region has been successfully controlled as a total of 241,777 people have been vaccinated, representing 100 percent of the at-risk population.
Meanwhile, Dr Kubio has bemoaned the refusal of medical officers to accept postings to the region.
According to him, 85 percent of medical doctors posted to the region in2021 failed to show up at their various duty posts.
Speaking at the annual Regional Health Sector Performance Review Conference held in Damongo on Thursday, 10 March 2022, Dr Kubio said: "in the year under review, the region received 1,133 new staff, out of which 225 failed to report, representing a 20 percent posting rejection rate."
Going into specific professions, the medical officers' rejection rate was 85 percent," he said.