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Help make national EPI a success
JESSORE. Sept 28: ftrsent democratic government is committed to protect basic right of children providing better health and other faclli ties, reports BSS
This was stated by Tarlqul Islam. Minister for Social Wei fare and Women Affair* while Inaugurating the National EPI Week at a rally organised jointly by district Health De partment. different non-gov ernment voluntary organisations. social, cultural and edu cational institutions Saturday at Town Hall maidan. Bhulya Ra fluddln Ahmed. Deputy Commissioner. Jcssore presided over the function
The Minister said Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia had taken decision to set up rehabilitation centres In four divisional towns and Narayan ganj for the destitute children.
He pointed out that children of our country were most neglected In comparison with other countries. Presently child mortality rate in our
country was one hundred and ten per one thousand, he added and said it was mainly due to malnutrition, diarrhoea and six common diseases to which children of our country were vulnerable.
He called upon non-gov-ernment. voluntary organisa ttons to make concerted efforts to raise acceptance rate of immunisation to ninety per cent by they ear 1993.
Lajer Tarlqul Islam led a big rally carrying banners, festoons and placards of EP1 and marched through main roads of Jcssore The participants of the rally Include officials, elite of the town, journalists, social worker*, volunteers, teachers and large number of children.
A UNB report from Faridpur says The first national Immu nlsatton week was launched here Saturday, as part of a countrywide drive, with a call to make all out efforts for the success of government's EPI programme.
In this connection, a colourful rally was organised by the NGOs. students and diff erent socio-cultural oganis-altons carrying placards, festoons and leaflets. Later, a procession was brought out at the town parading main throughfarcs and chanting various slogans.
Nurul Huda. Deputy Commissioner and Kazi Syed Ahamed. Civil Surgeon also ad dressed the rally. They stressed the need for In creased motivational drive to bring the children under the Expanded Immunisation Programme in large numbers.
"Immunization is essential to protect the children from six killer diseases — polio, tetanus. tuberculosis, measles, hooplngcough and diphtheria." the DC said
According to official sources, about 30.000 children had been brought under the Immunisation programme in the district during the last six months.