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UNICEF vaccines Rohingya children in Bhasan Char
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that the United Nations’ routine immunization program for children has started vaccinating Rohingya refugee children on the island of Bhashan Char, Bangladesh, this week.
UNICEF is providing technical and financial assistance to the Bangladeshi government to help vaccinate children on Bhashan Char Island. The children have been vaccinated with two special programs since their arrival on the island, and the first regular immunization program began this week.
The Rohingya children needed to be vaccinated on Bhashan Char Island and could not be wasted their time as they could not be vaccinated.
George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF’s chief of staff for South Asia
George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF’s chief of staff for South Asia, who visited Bashan char on April 20 and 21, said the Rohingya children needed to be vaccinated on Bashan char Island and could not be wasted their time as they could not be vaccinated.
The United Nations is implementing a vaccination program in line with the Bangladeshi government’s EPI Expanded Program on Immunization. Whooping cough Tetanus Hepatitis B virus Hemorrhagic fever Polio Pneumonia TB; These include measles and rubella vaccines against German measles.
It is estimated that more than 10,000 Rohingya children have been displaced by their families from Cox’s Bazar refugee camps last year. UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO and other friends are providing medical and other assistance to them.
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