Tremendous progress has been made over the past
20 years towards development of effective national
immunization programmes throughout the world. The
major contributor to this success is the Expanded
Program on Immunization (EPI) of the World Health
Organization (WHO), usually implemented through
UNICEF. Bangladesh Government also achieved MDG
successfully by 2015. Now, Bangladesh Government
is committed to achieve SDG by 2030 with a
continuous look after. In Global Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) there are 17 goal where
number 3 is health & Immunization. Global leaders
lauded Bangladesh’s overall progress saying
‘Bangladesh is a development surprise.1
The EPI was
created in 1974 as a worldwide alliance of collaborating
nations whose goal was to expand immunization
services and coverage. The programme currently
consists of vaccination against eight childhood
diseases: polio, measles, pertussis, tetanus,
diphtheria, tuberculosis, Rubella and Pneumonia in
Bangladesh.