Health Rights Forum and Youth Forum have taken strong initiatives to prevent measles in Barguna
Health Rights Forum and Youth Forum have taken strong initiatives to implement Jagonari under the Bangladesh Health Watch Project to prevent measles in Barguna.
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The Barguna District Health Rights Forum has announced to take various initiatives to increase awareness, strengthen vaccination activities and improve the quality of healthcare to prevent the spread of measles in Barguna. With this goal, the regular meeting of the District Health Rights Youth Forum and the annual planning meeting of the District Health Rights Forum were held to improve the quality of health services in Barguna.
In this meeting, held from morning to noon on Wednesday (April 8), various important issues of the health sector were discussed in detail. Especially since the measles outbreak has increased in Barguna in recent times, emphasis was placed on taking effective steps to prevent this disease.
The meeting, moderated by Youth Forum’s Zahidul Islam Mehedi, was presided over by Coordinator Mohiuddin Apu. On the other hand, the main meeting held under the chairmanship of Monir Hossain Kamal of the District Health Rights Forum was presided over by the forum’s president, Hasanur Rahman.
The speakers present at the meeting said that although measles is a highly contagious disease, it is completely preventable through timely vaccination and awareness raising. But in many cases, the risk of this disease is increasing due to the lack of awareness of parents, reluctance to receive vaccination and limitations in healthcare in remote areas.
In his speech as the president, Hasanur Rahman Jhantu said, we have to work together to prevent measles outbreaks in Barguna. We have to ensure that every child is covered by vaccination. In this regard, the local administration, health department and social organizations have to work together.
Youth Forum Coordinator Mohiuddin Apu said, we will strengthen awareness activities at the field level by involving the youth. Awareness will be raised among parents by conducting campaigns in schools, colleges and rural areas.
At the meeting, Jagonari’s Women Development Officer Afroz Sultana Akhi said, “Creating awareness among women is very important. Because mothers play the most important role in child health care. Therefore, we are taking special activities targeting them.”
Program Director Golam Mostafa said, “We will implement various development programs to improve the quality of health care and reach out to marginalized communities. In addition to vaccination activities to prevent measles, emphasis will also be placed on increasing the capacity of hospitals and health workers.”
Another decision taken at the meeting was to hold awareness meetings, yard meetings, leaflet distribution, and health camps or help desks at hospitals at the community level. At the end of the meeting, the participants expressed hope that through joint efforts, it will be possible to quickly control measles infection in Barguna and the quality of health care will improve further.
Published on: Thursday, 9 April 2026, 12:30 pm ▪ Total View of this Page: 35
