WHO to help Bangladesh develop vaccines locally

BANGLADESH: The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday committed Bangladesh to provide technical support for developing vaccines locally and strengthen comprehensive service through one-stop community clinics.

“WHO has sent three teams of experts to Bangladesh last year and gave a roadmap to the Bangladeshi government how to develop vaccines locally,” WHO Director General Margaret Chan said on Tuesday before she leave Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka after a two- days official visit, national news agency BSS reported.

“You have to meet international requirement and provide quality assurance before you think of exporting vaccine made in Bangladesh, “ Chan said, adding that Bangladesh has every facilities to develop vaccines. However, she said the country would be required high investments for it and WHO would try to woo international agencies to fund for such projects.

The WHO chief executive said that the A/H1N1 vaccines would reach Bangladesh by this month under WHO’s technical supports program, but warned Bangladesh that it should not be complacent against A/H1N1 flu virus. DHAKA, Wednesday, Xinhua