Awareness drive on Covid vaccination held in Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) campus

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ITANAGAR: A day-long awareness drive on the 'importance of Covid-19 vaccination' was conducted at three different locations in the Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) campus near here on Thursday by Psychosocial Support Group under the aegis of the All Arunachal Pradesh Psychological Association (AAPPA), in collaboration with Guwahati-based Assam Don Bosco University, with technical support from UNICEF, India.

The awareness programme was conducted with the students, teaching and non-teaching staff, medical team and campus dwellers of the university labour colony, including university drivers, cooks, security guards, gardeners, sweepers, MTS, daily wage labourers and their families.

The aim of the programme was to impart scientific facts and information, to have an orientation to value based and participatory Covid-19 vaccination knowledge disbursement, and to ignite an informed outlook to contemporary direct and non-direct effects of the ongoing pandemic with adequate Covid-appropriate behaviour.

The programme unfolded with a song on Covid-19 to mobilize the crowd, followed by a skit demonstration by the members of psycho-social support group which focused primarily on showcasing the importance of Covid-19 vaccination via the do's and don'ts during the trying times of the ongoing pandemic.

Renowned medicine specialist from the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) Dr H Narah, while gracing the occasion, dwelt on significant facts on the topic in a very lucid way for the main message to be conveyed to the target audience.

Important information regarding Covid-19 doses, normal effects seen after getting vaccinated, free schemes granted for the common masses and how to avail them from different health centres were also highlighted.

The effect of the disease on the mental health of the patients as well as the health care professionals was emphasized by programme organizer Yuma Narah, who is also the IPR and literature joint secretary of AAPPA, for which psycho-education was given on the ways to mediate the effect through proper channelization of help seeking from mental health professionals when the issue gets out of an individual's coping capacity.

The heightened role of faith-based organizations and civil society was also focused in this regard.

She also demonstrated the importance of community mobilization through a small play involving the participants. The event successfully concluded with mask and snacks distribution.

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