AN HIV/AIDS UNIT INITIATIVE
JUNE 2022 | EDITION 20
CPUT VOOMA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN The second round of the Vooma vaccination campaign saw close to 2 000 people receiving their vaccinations at pop-up sites on the various campuses as well as the Vaccination Centre in Bellville. The Centre Manager Benjamin de Waal said 1 992 people were vaccinated including 813 at the pop-up sites and 1179 at the Bellville centre. He said much of the success of the campaign hinged on the efforts of Melanie Swanson, Head of the HIV/ Aids Unit, and their team of peer educators. The campaign was also supported by the Central SRC. Swanson said that as the head of the HIV/AIDS Unit, she coordinated all the off-campus Vooma vaccination drives to ensure the successful execution thereof. “The HIV/AIDS Unit team, including peer educators, played a key role in terms of the social mobilising of students to participate in the vaccination programme. We used a similar model we had used in the past for the HIV testing and health screening at our campuses and campus residences. This has proven to work well in the past as well as now for the 1
vaccination drive.” She added that the HIV/AIDS Unit has also played an important role in terms
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of PPE (personal protective equipment) supply and monitoring compliance thereof.