PM opens Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her government is pledge bound to bring down the infant and maternal mortality rate substantially as well as to eliminate measles and control rubella to face the challenges of the 21st century. She stated her government’s position while officially inaugurating the three-week ‘Measles-Rubella Vaccination’ campaign at a simple ceremony at her official Gonobhaban residence in the morning. At the inauguration of the country’s biggest vaccination campaign, Sheikh Hasina patted the children taking them on her lap, and encouraged them to take the vaccine. The Prime Minister said the government is working ceaselessly keeping in mind the goals of eradicating measles, controlling rubella, and retaining the polio-free status of Bangladesh. She hoped that with the sincere efforts of all, it will be possible to increase the immunisation rate of measles and rubella to 95 per cent by 2016, also maintain the measles’ elimination status of the children and bring down the rate of rubella disease to 90 per cent in comparison to 2010, according to a news agency.