BRAC is contributing medical supplies and field-level assistance to the nationwide immunization program that started on Monday, in an effort to stop the spread of measles. BRAC is providing 1.5 million syringes as part of this program. Additionally, about 24,000 BRAC community health workers from 36 districts will assist in getting kids to immunization facilities.
Vaccination campaigns under the government’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) started on April 20 across all of the country’s upazilas, districts, municipalities, and city corporations. In response to a measles outbreak in the nation, a measles-rubella vaccination program for children aged six months to five years was started earlier on April 5 in 30 high-risk upazilas and 13 municipalities spread across 18 districts.
Among its various support initiatives for the measles-rubella vaccination campaign, BRAC is providing 1.5 million mixing syringes to the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). Of these, 216,000 syringes were delivered on 18 April. As of 20 April, a total of 648,000 syringes have been handed over, with the remaining syringes to be supplied in phases by 30 April.
“BRAC is proud to be a partner of the Government of Bangladesh in this important vaccination program,” stated Dr. Md. Akramul Islam, Senior Director of BRAC’s Health campaign. We are still steadfastly dedicated to making sure that every child receives this life-saving vaccination. Additionally, we are committed to bolstering the nation’s public health system.
Community health workers from BRAC will visit 280 upazilas in 36 districts door-to-door during the special immunization campaign. They will urge guardians and parents to take their kids to immunization facilities. From April 20 to May 12, several field activities will take place.
To raise awareness and encourage participation, public announcements through miking, funded by BRAC, will be conducted for up to two days at the union level in each upazila across the 36 districts. 3,000 BRAC health workers will support vaccination delivery and registration activities as well. Two BRAC personnel will also be assigned to assist the EPI in coordinating vaccination activities.
As a long-standing partner of the government, BRAC has been implementing a wide range of programmes and initiatives to improve public health across Bangladesh. BRAC has consistently responded to humanitarian and natural disasters, standing beside affected communities during fires in informal settlements, including Korail slum, as well as during floods, cyclones, storms, and other natural calamities.
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