Answering questions about vaccination from the public will be the focus of the latest edition of the University of the Philippines webinar series, “Stop COVID Deaths”, livestreamed on May 14, 2021, at 12 noon.
Titled “Nalilito pa rin ako: FAQs on COVID-19 Vaccination”, the webinar will feature as main resource person, epidemiologist and public health expert Dr. Enrique Tayag, Director IV of the Department of Health (DOH) Knowledge Management and Information Technology Systems.
Dr. Anna Ong-Lim, a member of the DOH Technical Advisory Group and Associate Professor at the UP College of Medicine, and Dr. Teodoro Herbosa, Special Adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19, will be the panel discussants.
The webinar will also feature inputs from Dr. Nina Gloriani, Lead of the Vaccine Expert Panel and former Dean of the UP College of Public Health, who will deliver the opening remarks. UP College of Medicine Dean Charlotte Chiong will deliver the closing remarks and synthesis of the discussions.
Together with regular webinar facilitators: Dr. Susan Pineda-Mercado, an international public health expert, and UP National Telehealth Center Director Raymond Francis Sarmiento, the experts will answer questions from the audience, usually composed of health workers from all over the world.
The webinar aims to address “vaccine hesitancy” among the public, which experts say presents a barrier to achieving better control of the spread of COVID-19. They observe: many senior citizens questioning the need for vaccination when they are compelled to stay at home; others not knowing where to go for vaccination; the general public debating about vaccine brands and their safety; some who have received one shot wanting to switch to another brand; and, many more fearing possibilities of allergies and adverse reactions.
Those who wish to participate in the webinar may register at bit.ly/StopCOVIDDeathsWebinar52. If registration reaches full capacity, a YouTube Live broadcast will also be available on TVUP at http://tvup.ph and http://www.youtube.com/tvupph.
Certificates of attendance will be issued to those who have attended at least 50% of the webinar duration.
The webinar is the 52nd in the weekly series produced by UP in partnership with the UP Manila National Institutes of Health-National Telehealth Center and in cooperation with the UP Philippine General Hospital.