Dhaka, April 22 -- The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) saves the lives of 94,000 children and protects five million children from various preventable diseases across the country each year.Dr. Nijam Uddin Ahmed, Executive Director of Sastho Surokkha Foundation, revealed the information at a press conference held at the National Press Club's Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah auditorium on Monday.The event, jointly organized by the Sastho Surokkha Foundation and UNICEF Bangladesh, was arranged as part of the preparations for the upcoming World Immunization Week to be held from April 24 to April 30."Since the inception of the EPI project, the child mortality rate in Bangladesh has decreased by 81.5 percent. Before the launch of EPI, 151 ou...