To prevent the spread of diarrhoea and cholera diseases across the country, the government is going to launch the campaign for administering oral vaccines from Sunday.
Administering of the first dose of cholera vaccine will continue till July 2.
Except pregnant women, the oral vaccine will be administered to all people aged one year and above.
Under the national cholera control programme, the vaccination campaign will be carried out in city's Jatrabari, Sabujbag, Mirpur, Mohammadpur and Dakkhinkhan areas, the Communicable Disease Control (CDC) unit of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) sources said.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is funding the vaccination campaign while the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) is implementing the drive.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque is expected to inaugurate the campaign at the Sasakawa Auditorium of icddr,b at 2:00pm.
Health Services Division Secretary Md Anwar Hossain Howlader and senior officials of icddr,b will attend the inaugural function of the campaign while DGHS Director General Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam will preside over it.
