UNB, Dhaka :
Since the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in Bangladesh, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)has been supporting the government to strengthen emergency health surveillance systems at Points of Entry (PoE) in line with the National Preparedness and Response Plan on Covid-19.
IOM supports national authorities to strengthen cooperation among agencies, refurbish PoEs, and build the capacity of PoE personnel to identify, screen and refer ill-travelers that present with Covid-19 symptoms, an IOM press release said.
The Organization is supporting the government-led efforts at eight PoEs, including Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Sylhet Osmani International Airport, Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (SAIA), Chittagong Sea Port, and Akhaura, Benapole, and Darshana Border Crossing Points (BCPs), and Dhaka Cantonment Railway Station.
IOM has organised trainings for PoE staff, distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hygiene materials, and provided technical guidance on the development of standard operating procedures (SoPs) for suspected Covid-19 cases in aircrafts, and management of health screening of travelers transiting through border control points, the press release added.
Since March 2020, with funding from the Japan government, IOM completed rapid needs assessments of eight PoEs, convened eight PoE Health Border Mobility Management (HBMM) task force meetings, arranged two ad hoc Crisis Management Team (CMT) meetings at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and donated equipment items to Communicable Disease Control Unit of the Directorate General of Health Services to improve data and information management.
Since the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in Bangladesh, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)has been supporting the government to strengthen emergency health surveillance systems at Points of Entry (PoE) in line with the National Preparedness and Response Plan on Covid-19.
IOM supports national authorities to strengthen cooperation among agencies, refurbish PoEs, and build the capacity of PoE personnel to identify, screen and refer ill-travelers that present with Covid-19 symptoms, an IOM press release said.
The Organization is supporting the government-led efforts at eight PoEs, including Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Sylhet Osmani International Airport, Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (SAIA), Chittagong Sea Port, and Akhaura, Benapole, and Darshana Border Crossing Points (BCPs), and Dhaka Cantonment Railway Station.
IOM has organised trainings for PoE staff, distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hygiene materials, and provided technical guidance on the development of standard operating procedures (SoPs) for suspected Covid-19 cases in aircrafts, and management of health screening of travelers transiting through border control points, the press release added.
Since March 2020, with funding from the Japan government, IOM completed rapid needs assessments of eight PoEs, convened eight PoE Health Border Mobility Management (HBMM) task force meetings, arranged two ad hoc Crisis Management Team (CMT) meetings at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and donated equipment items to Communicable Disease Control Unit of the Directorate General of Health Services to improve data and information management.
