Efforts taken to overcome vaccine hesitancy among adivasi communities in the Nilgiris

Efforts taken to overcome vaccine hesitancy among adivasi communities in the Nilgiris
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The Nilgiris district administration has worked out an action-plan to get the adivasi population in the district vaccinated against COVID-19.
In order to achieve this, officials have come up with a comprehensive plan to overcome vaccine hesitancy among the communities.
According to officials, there are a total of 27,032 adivasis from Toda, Kota, Paniya, Kattunayakan, Kurumba and Irula tribes in the Nilgiris, out of whom 8,779 people are more than 45-year-old while 12,656 people are adults between the ages of 14 and 44.
Monitoring Officer for the Nilgiris district Supriya Sahu said that a plan has been prepared to vaccinate all members of the adivasi communities in the coming weeks.

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