Bangladesh has made significant improvement in health sector,
which make it an example for other developing countries even though being a
resource poor country. Over the last decades key health indicators such as life
expectancy and coverage of immunisation have improved notably, whilst infant
mortality, maternal mortality and fertility rates have dropped significantly
(Ferdous Arfina Osaman, 2008). Bangladesh stands out as a country that has
taken giant steps in healthcare. Long before the emergence of contemporary
global health initiatives, the government placed strong emphasis on the
importance of childhood immunisation as a key mechanism for reducing childhood
mortality. The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in Bangladesh is
consid- ered to be a health system success because of its remarkable progress
over the last two decades. It provides almost universal access to vaccination
services, as measured by the percentage of children under 1 year of age who
receive BCG (a vaccine against tuberculosis).