How Bangladesh Is Getting COVID-19 Vaccines to the Last Mile

Author(s)
Khandaker, I.U., Islam, R. SM., Janoch, E. and Sikder, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
3pp
Date published
21 Mar 2022
Type
Real-time evaluation
Keywords
COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Evaluation-related, National & regional actors
Countries
Bangladesh
Organisations
CARE International

Bangladesh has been one of the fastest countries receiving COVAX support to scale up vaccines, delivering more than 221 million vaccines by March 14 2022. 54% of Bangladesh’s population is fully vaccinated, and another 22% have received at least one dose. Bangladesh is on track to meet its goal of 70% of the population fully vaccinated by September 2022.

Close coordination across multiple actors—from the Government of Bangladesh to INGOs like CARE to local health entrepreneurs—have been one of the keys to success. Working closely with the government-led National Vaccination and Deployment Plan and innovating when there have been gaps and challenges have helped achieve this success. These strategies continue to make sure that vaccines reach the people who need them most.