Dhaka, Oct. 1 -- Health assistants across the country on Wednesday went on an indefinite strike with a six-point demand, including revision of employment rules, elimination of salary discrimination and provision of technical ranks.

Under the banner of Bangladesh Health Assistant Association, they earlier announced the strike by submitting a memorandum to the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on September 28.

As a result of the health assistants' strike, vaccination has been suspended at 15,000 out of 120,000 outreach EPI vaccination centres across the country every day. This is depriving about 150,000 mothers and children of vaccination services, according to a statement from the association.

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