National immunisation days in Bangladesh: an evaluation of the 1996 rounds
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Karim, F., Chowdhury, A., Bhuiya, A., Aziz, K., Ali, A., lslam, M. N., … Mol, D. (1996, July). National immunisation days in Bangladesh: an evaluation of the 1996 rounds. Research Reports (1996): Health Studies, Vol - XX, 86–149.Abstract
On April 16 and May 16 .1996, Bangladesh implemented the third and
fourth of the six National Immunization Days. On those days oral polio vaccine (OPV) was
administered to over 20 million children under 5 years of age. The goal of NIOs is to
eradicate poliomyelitis from the country by 2000 AD. NID is a challenging campaign for
Bangladesh mobilising a huge human and material resources. This study examined how
effective NIDs are in terms of implementation and coverage of the target children and what
lessons can be learned from it. The study was implemented as a part of the multi-country
'Social Science and Immunisation' project".