Grab Philippines has launched its GrabBayanihan Vaccination Support Program to help increase vaccine access and education for Filipinos.
As per Grab, the program includes a range of measures to encourage all consumers and driver- and delivery- partners to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In addition, Grab Philippines will also work closely with both national and local government units and leverage its network and app to offer mobility, communications, and logistics support.
A recent survey conducted by Pulse Asia, revealed 61% of Filipinos don’t wish to get vaccinated even if the shot is available. As a result, GrabBayanihan Vaccination Support Program is focused on vaccine access and education, supporting both informed and equitable access to vaccines for Filipinos.
Access: To support easy access to the COVID-19 vaccine, Grab Philippines Philippines mentioned that they are committed to:
• Work with local and national governments to include Grab Driver-and delivery- partners in the National Vaccination Program of the Philippines Government as economic frontliners.
• Work with its partners to provide pre-and post-vaccination telemedical consultation.
• Extends its Post-Vaccination Livelihood Protection insurance policy free of charge to cover potential loss resulting from COVID-19 vaccine side effects.
• Create a fleet of vaccinated driver-partners to provide discounted mobility solutions for senior citizens and high-risk individuals.
Education: According to Grab, Grab Philippines will work closely with the Department of Health to provide up-to-date vaccination information to combat misinformation.
• Together with the Department of Health, Grab Philippines will publish accurate vaccine and other public health information within dedicated high-visibility spaces in the Grab app.
• Grab Philippines will launch a “COVID-19 Snap Survey,” which will enable DOH to conduct lightning polls to gather real-time data on vaccine sentiment.
• Grab Philippines will also conduct a series of workshops and town halls to educate its driver-, delivery-, and merchant-partners on the benefits of getting vaccinated.
Grab Philippines Country Head Grace Vera Cruz said: “Many of our kababayans spent the last year making enormous sacrifices for our communities – showing the best of who we are as Filipinos. Now that we are gradually striving towards socio-economic recovery, we believe that the vaccination efforts- from both the private and public sectors- provide much-needed hope for many of our kababayans. Through Grab Philippines’ technology, platform, and partnerships, we are reinforcing our commitment to supporting livelihoods, and helping the recovery of our communities.”
