by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 22, 2023Amid the spread of measles virus in several local units of Banke, health authorities have sought help from religious leaders, especially Muslim preachers (Maulanas), in the ongoing immunisation drive. Officials hope that vaccine coverage will be increased with the help of preachers, as people of certain religious groups trust them more than health officials. “We have been taking help from religious leaders, especially Maulanas, in the…
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by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 10, 2023On Monday, a six-year-old boy from Ward-7 of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City was taken to a nearby health facility for immunisation. When health workers inquired about his vaccination status, his parents said that their son has never had any vaccine in his life. “We were not surprised,” Rajan Shahi, a public health inspector, who has been deployed in wards of the Sub-metropolis to study the status of…