Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday stressed the need for reducing child mortality rate to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
"We have attained remarkable progress in many key indicators of health, which was lauded globally...now we have to reduce child mortality rate for achieving SDG," he told the inaugural function of a specialised service centre for the new born babies in Manikganj 250-bed hospital.
The minister said about 30-32 babies per thousand die in the country every year.
“The specialised service centre will provide special services to the immature babies and those born with various diseases,” he added.
He said children aged 5-11 years have already been brought under the Covid-19 vaccination programme which started on Thursday.
On November 1, 2021, the vaccination campaign for students aged between 12 and 17 years began in the country.
