A total of 9,11,403 babies aged between 9 months and 15 years will be administered Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccines in seven upazilas of the district from January 25 to February 13.
The MR vaccines will be pushed through one-time syringe into the body of 5,71,262 babies in the institutions and 3,40,141 in community level of the district during the period.This was disclosed at a press conference organised by health department at the conference room of civil surgeon (CS) office on Tuesday through multimedia projector by district maternal, child and immunization officer Dr M Lutfar Rahman.The power point presentation also disclosed that as many as 787 health and family planning personnel and 9903 volunteers will be engaged in 2138 centers throughout the division to make the MR campaign a success.With CS Dr Ahad Ali in the chair, the press conference was also addressed, among others, by district EPI superintendent M Shajahan Ali, health education officer Abdul Hannan and journalist Sarker M Shahiduzzaman.Dr Ahad said special initiatives have been taken to bring all the children of char and remote areas of the upazila under this programme in cooperation with some NGOs.He also urged journalists to raise mass awareness among the people about the MR campaign through their respective media to attain the goal. –BSS, Gaibandha
