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Last-Mile COVID-19 Vaccination in South Sulawesi

The Australian Government through the Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership (AIHSP) aims to support the Indonesian government in improving vaccination coverage, especially among vulnerable groups, and improving their risk awareness to increase the vaccine uptakes and preventive measures. AIHSP responds with an initiative called Last-Mile COVID-19 Vaccines Delivery. © All photos are taken by Yusuf Ahmad, and digitally preserved under the license of the Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership (AIHSP) a DFAT-funded project managed by DT Global.

Cindakko a hamlet in Tompobulu Sub District, Maros District is adjacent to Gowa and Bone Districts in South Sulawesi. It took more than 2 hours from the heart of the district on motorbike, followed by climbing, through rivers, and quite steep rocky hills
AIHSP-supported IKM IKK UNHAS volunteers prepared vaccination logistics at the Cenrana Community Health Center before heading to remote areas around Maros.
AIHSP-supported IKM IKK UNHAS volunteers prepared vaccination logistics at the Cenrana Community Health Center before heading to remote areas around Maros.
The team departed for remote areas around Maros, and some of the volunteers used motorbike as it was the most efficient option, at least to get them to the border
The COVID-19 vaccination team who used an ambulance experienced quite a stressful journey every time they had to cross a cliff in a hilly area in Tompobulu District, as the trip might be risky.
The COVID-19 vaccination team is preparing to change modes of transportation to take the more difficult terrain to Cindakko Hamlet.
The COVID-19 vaccination team must go through a forest and rocky roads, and pass a river until they arrived at the border of Kampung Baru in Limapoccoe Village.
Once the team reached the border, they must also hike and across a suspension bridge.
Besse Dahlia (front) Together with Nur Ilmi (back), carrying a cooler box containing the COVID-19 vaccines and logistics across the suspension bridge to Cindakko Hamlet, Bontosomba Village, Tompobulu.
One of the volunteers is conducting health education about COVID-19 prevention measures to the people of Kampung Baru, Bengo Hamlet, Limapoccoe Village.
The education session, data collection, and health check-ups in Kampung Baru.
The education session, data collection, and health check-ups in Kampung Baru.
Recipients’ health checks before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in Kampung Baru.
An elderly man in Kampung Baru, Bengo Hamlet, Limapoccoe Village, Kab. Maros undergoing a body temperature check before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccination team in a visit to a woman with vision disability (blind) to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
The vaccinator prepared for injection
The vaccinator prepared for injection
The process of injecting the COVID-19 vaccine by the vaccinator to a woman who is also a mother of two.
The process of injecting the COVID-19 vaccine by the vaccinator to a child in Cindakko.
The process of injecting the COVID-19 vaccine by the vaccinator to a man in Kampung Baru.
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