The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has announced its intention to educate more Ghanaians on the COVID-19 vaccination set to begin on Tuesday.
While the Association admits that the education on the vaccination has been late, it is hopeful that with the few days at their disposal, they can convince Ghanaians on the importance of taking the vaccines.
President of the Association, Frank Ankobea, speaking to Raymond Nyamador on the Happy Morning Show noted: “When it comes to education, GMA has already began the education with the media and we are still educating. If you look at the initial period of the COVID-19, you could tell that we worked closely with the NCCE to provide the needed instructions.
Although this time it is a bit late, it is better late than never. So we will intensify the educational efforts together with the NCCE. We will move to the churches and the mosques and in the markets”.
Some medical experts have opined that Ghana has not done enough to convince its citizens on the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
Ghana, under the World Health Organization’s COVAX initiative, received 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India (Covishield).
The country is targeting a herd immunity of its population as it expects to vaccinate some twenty-million persons from the first week of March.
However, even before the rollout of the vaccines, some Ghanaians on social media have expressed scepticism around the COVID-19 vaccines, questioning the safety and efficacy of these vaccines.
By: Alberta Dorcas N D Armah
