MKO launches vaccine promotion program
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A new project aimed at combating vaccine hesitancy is taking shape for northern Manitoba First Nations.
Early next year, a tool kit and promotion campaign is expected to be introduced for First Nations communities under Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
The project, called Minoayawin Keewatinowi Askik, started with a survey of First Nations to highlight what people need to know and reveal potential barriers to accessing vaccines. Community engagement sessions are being set up next week, with the overall goal of increasing vaccine uptake.
Uptake has so far been “excellent,” but ongoing vaccine hesitancy still needs to be addressed with Indigenous-led processes, MKO stated in a news release Friday.
In general, First Nations individuals in Manitoba are more likely to be fully vaccinated if they live on-reserve.
More than 41,300 First Nations individuals age five and up have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, according to a May 12 report from the Manitoba First Nations Pandemic Response Coordination Team. That amounts to 29.6 per cent of the on-reserve population, and 22 per cent of the off-reserve population.
Uptake was much higher for the second dose — approximately 90 per cent and 70 per cent of the on- and off-reserve First Nations residents, respectively, have two doses.
The Manitoba figures are likely to be under-estimates because of data entry backlogs. They’re slightly below the national average vaccine uptake in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Across Canada, more than 38 per cent of Indigenous individuals age 12 and up have received a third dose, according to May 24 data from the federal government.