Immunization
rates in Bangladesh’s Habibganj town are up over 25%, thanks to health officer Dr.
Asm Amjad Hossain, who began registering pregnant women and tracking the
progress of mother and child over mobile phones.
The success
story of this mobile phone-based strategy, devised by Dr. Hossain, has caught
the attention of authorities in Bangladesh,
as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Dr. Asm
Amjad Hossain, Gates Foundation Winner of Inaugural
Gates Vaccine Innovation Award
The immunization
rate is now above 85% in Habibganj and with this phone-based approach, other
regions of Bangladesh
hope to see immunization rates increase.
