Vaccination in Bangladesh
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Vaccination in Bangladesh includes all aspects of vaccination in Bangladesh.
A 2020 study reported that the cost of a malaria vaccination program in Bangladesh would be cost effective in terms of increasing the people's disability-adjusted life years.[1]
Bangladesh had its first outbreak of avian influenza in 2007 and the disease continues to be a national problem.[2] Part of the response that scientists recommend is the development of vaccination programs, but this has been difficult.[3]
A 2016 program to provide HPV vaccines to girls created a range of ethical issues for communities.[4] The source of all the problems was that the design of the vaccination program came from foreign people outside the country who had no understanding of local cultural norms.[4] There was an attempt at local consultation, but unexpected problems happened anyway.[4] Problems included lack of public health education for the communities receiving the vaccine, forcefulness and lack of consent in arranging for girls to take the vaccine, a lack of planning to treat adverse side effects of vaccination, and a lack of female leadership and empowerment in running a health program for females.[4]
There are multiple cholera vaccines available in Bangladesh as well as multiple strategies for making them available to people who need them.[5] While there is major government support for vaccination, there is debate and research about how to manage the vaccination program to make it more efficient.[5]
Bangladesh has experienced outbreaks of the Nipah virus and although a vaccine exists, the vaccine option is not well developed and preventing outbreaks without vaccines is a better option in this case.[6]
Bangladesh began a vaccination program for congenital rubella syndrome in 2012 and since then, cases have gone down greatly.[7]