Kashmir Development Foundation ‘Be wise Immunise’ winter vaccine literacy Campaign event in Burnley

Burnley: Kashmir Development Foundation Be wise Immunise winter vaccine literacy Campaign event in Burnley, UK. Kashmir Development Foundation in collaboration with the NHS is encouraging people to be wise and Immunise as vaccination are our best protection.

The winter vaccine literacy campaign “Be Wise, immunise” encourages the members of British Kashmiri, South Asian and other diverse communities to get their flu and COVID-19 vaccines to reduce the risk of serious illness in colder months. Kashmir Development Foundation has organised a vaccine literacy and community engagement event outside the Jamia Masjid Ibrahim, Clegg Street, Burnley. Sardar Aftab Khan Executive Director 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 flu and COVID-19. You can contact your GP practice or visit www.nhs.uk/wintervaccinations to book your vaccination appointment. KDF volunteers distributed over 300 information leaflets with essential information about Flu, Adult and Children’s vaccines in Pahari, Urdu and English language. They also signposted community members to information and help available from the NHS on this occasion.

Saidzada Noor Hussain Chairman Kashmir Development Foundation UK, Religious Scholar Imam Abdul Jawad, Hafeez Ullah Gondal President UKIM Burnley, Mian Abdul Haq, Ghulam Mustafa and others were also present there.

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