Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for the  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman. -File Photo

DHAKA, April 30, 2025 (BSS) - Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for the 
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman today 
said that there is no stagnation in the vaccination programme.

"Despite some problems in supply, the government is procuring vaccines with 
advance money and there has been no disruption in the programme," he said at 
a discussion organised by UNICEF and the Shastho Shurokkha Foundation at 
CIRDAP auditorium in the capital.

At that time, he said, the vaccination rate was 80 percent in 1980, and it is 
still the same. 

It has neither increased nor decreased, he said, adding: "At this moment, the 
government has purchased the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) 
vaccines on an emergency basis." 

Sayedur Rahman said UNICEF buys vaccines for Bangladesh from the world 
market. 

They have to pay them in advance, he said, adding: "We have arranged advance 
money from the government's own funds. UNICEF will be paid before the next 
budget. There will be no disruption in this programme."