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Bangladeshi awarded for innovation
ASM Amjad Hossain, former district immunisation and surveillance medical officer of Bangladesh, won the first ever Gates Vaccine Innovation Award for his remarkable approach to improving immunisation coverage.
Seattle-based The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recognised the Bangladeshi with the award, said a press release of the foundation on Tuesday.
Amjad Hossain's innovative approach to routine immunisation provided thousands of children with access to life-saving vaccines, the release said.
To help vaccinators reach children, he instituted a new and improved process to facilitate registering, tracking and locating pregnant mothers, the press release added.
He implemented annual vaccination schedules for communities and other simple steps, like adding vaccinators' phone numbers in the children's immunisation cards, which increased accountability and allowed parents an easy access to health workers.
Dr Hossain's innovative approach to running an immunisation program led to rapid improvements in coverage rates in key districts in Bangladesh, said Bill Gates in his annual letter.
Tracking pregnant mothers, annual vaccination schedules and increased accountability may seem like small innovations, but they show how looking at old problems in new ways can make a profound difference, the letter read.
Hossain supervised routine programmes in Brahmanbaria and Habiganj districts, where immunisation rates had been low.
His achievements will be recognised with an award of US$250,000, the majority of which will be donated to a charity of his choice.
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=219927
ASM Amjad Hossain, former district immunisation and surveillance medical officer of Bangladesh, won the first ever Gates Vaccine Innovation Award for his remarkable approach to improving immunisation coverage.
Seattle-based The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recognised the Bangladeshi with the award, said a press release of the foundation on Tuesday.
Amjad Hossain's innovative approach to routine immunisation provided thousands of children with access to life-saving vaccines, the release said.
To help vaccinators reach children, he instituted a new and improved process to facilitate registering, tracking and locating pregnant mothers, the press release added.
He implemented annual vaccination schedules for communities and other simple steps, like adding vaccinators' phone numbers in the children's immunisation cards, which increased accountability and allowed parents an easy access to health workers.
Dr Hossain's innovative approach to running an immunisation program led to rapid improvements in coverage rates in key districts in Bangladesh, said Bill Gates in his annual letter.
Tracking pregnant mothers, annual vaccination schedules and increased accountability may seem like small innovations, but they show how looking at old problems in new ways can make a profound difference, the letter read.
Hossain supervised routine programmes in Brahmanbaria and Habiganj districts, where immunisation rates had been low.
His achievements will be recognised with an award of US$250,000, the majority of which will be donated to a charity of his choice.
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=219927
