UNICEF will provide dengue detection kits worth USD 2.25 million to ensure the safety of children.

The information disclosed through a press release sent by UNICEF Bangladesh on Sunday (August 27).

According to the press release, with more than 21,000 cases of dengue reported among children under the age of 15, UNICEF is intensifying its support to the efforts of the Government of Bangladesh to contain the dengue outbreak in the country.

To protect children and to respond to the public health emergency, UNICEF is delivering $2.25 million worth of urgently needed testing kits, and training of professionals, along with other critical supplies and services in the health and water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors, read press release.

UNICEF is also working together with partners to support the Government with critical medical supplies, including kits with 13,400 tests, building capacities of staff, providing technical advice, and implementing actions such as campaigns to clean up breeding sites in select areas, it said.

The press release said that circulating information at mass gatherings and through social media, UNICEF has assisted the government in reaching over 50 million people with messages about protection from dengue in the last month.

Among other measures, UNICEF is supporting the government in engaging communities and raising awareness about dengue prevention and taking necessary preventive measures, added the release.

BDST: 2050 HRS, AUGUST 27, 2023
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