Clinic encourages dads to bring babies for immunisation

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Men who brought their babies for immunisation at the Badili urban clinic in Port Moresby sitting in a queue on Friday. – Picture supplied

A CLINIC in the National Capital District has introduced an initiative to encourage men to bring in their babies for immunisation programmes.
Badili urban clinic nursing officer Killian Raikau told The National that the idea was to change the mindset of men in PNG society.
“During world baby immunisation days, we noticed that it was always the mother that brought the baby to the clinic,” he said.
“The initiative to involve men began in March but due to the Covid-19 it did not work out.”
Raikau said they provided awareness programmes at clinics but it did not generate a response.
“Our awareness programmes were aimed to grab their attention but it did not work,” he said.
“We had more than 20 men that came in on Friday which was the biggest (number) so far.
“I believe the popularity of this initiative came after we posted on our Badili urban clinic Facebook page.”
Raikau said the clinic was committed to making sure everyone got treated and got served on time.
He said they expected more men in the coming weeks and would encourage those that did not hear about the initiative to join them.
“We also encourage men to bring their babies when they are sick on our normal clinic days,” he said.
Raikau said they were also open on the weekends and wanted to see more men bring in their babies.

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