The European Union (EU) will provide €175,000 in humanitarian assistance to support measles prevention efforts in Bangladesh.
The funding is expected to benefit communities across Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions.
The EU announced the assistance in a statement issued on Wednesday (April 29).
According to the statement, the funds will be channelled through the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society to help sustain ongoing vaccination campaigns and implement other preventive measures, including the distribution of hygiene kits.
The most vulnerable families will also receive cash assistance to help cover illness-related expenses, such as transportation costs to health centres and income losses resulting from medical treatment.
The statement added that the funding is part of the EU’s broader contribution to the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).