Kashmir Development Foundation Vaccine Literacy Campaign event in Halifax, United Kingdom

Halifax: Kashmir Development Foundation in collaboration with the NHS is encouraging people to keep their vaccination records up-to-date. If there are any gaps, please book an appointment with your GP and complete your children and adults vaccination.

KDF has organised a Vaccine Literacy and community engagement event Outside the Jamia Mosque Noorani, Gibraltar Road, Halifax. Sardar Aftab Khan Executive Director Kashmir Development Foundation, provided essential information about Vaccines and how they work to the members of British Kashmiri, South Asian and other members of the communities. Getting vaccinated can help to stop the spread of an infection.

If you have a young child and don’t know if they are up to date with their routine vaccinations, you can check their Personal Health Record (which is also known as the red book). Similarly adults can check their records by contacting the GP practice, If you or your children have missed a vaccination, contact GP practice or call 111 and visit www.nhs.uk/vaccinations to book your vaccination appointment.

KDF volunteers distributed over 400 information leaflets with essential information about children and adults vaccines in Pahari, Urdu and English language. They also signposted community members to information and help available from the NHS on this occasion, Head Imam Jamia Mosque Noorani, Halifax Allama Qari Zaheer Iqbal Qadri, Young Religious Scholar Imam Hassan Iqbal, Mohammed Javed Akhtar Director KDF UK, Choudhary Mohammed Ashraf Proprietor AA Travel Halifax and others were also present there.

Report by S M Irfan Tahir Photojournalist / Member National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Great Britain.