Covid ‘vaccination persuasion’ teams reap rewards in Turkey
by Bethan McKernan and Gökçe Saraçoğlu in Adıyam from on (#5H3P1)
Door-to-door initiative targeting elderly people reluctant to have jab to be rolled out after local success
A coronavirus vaccination persuasion" initiative targeting elderly people who have declined invitations to get vaccinated is gearing up to be rolled out across Turkey after proving a resounding success in a district in the country's south-east.
Since February, doctors and healthcare workers in the mainly Kurdish city of Adyaman, or Semsur, have been calling people in age groups already eligible for the vaccine to ask why they have not come to clinics for appointments.
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