Steps taken for birth registration of Rohingya babies

The government has taken an initiative for the birth registration of newborns in Rohingya refugee camps. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Sunday came up with the disclosure in parliament while responding to a starred question from Awami League MP Momotaz Begom (Manikganj-2). "Bangladesh Army in biometrics system and the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) in cooperation with the Bangladesh government are conducting the birth registration activities," Nasim said. He said the government also took massive vaccination programs for the Rohingya children. The regular vaccination programs have been going on for all the Rohingya children since November 18, 2017 in line with the schedule of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), said the minister. He said one dose of MR vaccine was provided to all Myanmar citizens in the Rohingya camps, aged six months to under 15 years, to check measles outbreak, while one dose of BOPV vaccine was given to all children aged up to 59 months from September 14, 2017. Besides, one dose of cholera vaccine was given to all the children above one year of age from October 1 to 16 last, he added.