American Journal of Health Research 2020; 8(1): 1-5 http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ajhr doi: 10.11648/j.ajhr.20200801.11 ISSN: 2330-8788 (Print); ISSN: 2330-8796 (Online) Primary Health Care in Netrokona Sadar Upazila - A Case Study on Extended Program on Immunization Md. Aknur Rahman 1 , Md. Monirul Islam 2 , Zahirul Islam 3 , Tahmina Sharif Nila 3 , Amena Alam Shanta 3 , Md. Rafat Tahsin 4 , Tanzia Islam Tithi 5 , Md. Shah Amran 1, * 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh 3 Department of Pharmacy, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh 4 Department of Pharmacy, North South University, Bashundhora, Dhaka, Bangladesh 5 Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh Email address: * Corresponding author To cite this article: Md. Aknur Rahman, Md. Monirul Islam, Zahirul Islam, Tahmina Sharif Nila, Amena Alam Shanta, Md. Rafat Tahsin, Tanzia Islam Tithi, Md. Shah Amran. Primary Health Care in Netrokona Sadar Upazila - A Case Study on Extended Program on Immunization. American Journal of Health Research. Vol. 8, No. 1, 2019, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.11648/j.ajhr.20200801.11 Received: September 23, 2019; Accepted: October 24, 2019; Published: January 31, 2020 Abstract: Health related surveys are important as well as critical tool to measure a community’s health status, health behavior, and risk factors concerned with health issues. These surveys also help to evaluate the quality of health care level received by the people. By conducting health surveys from time to time, the patterns and beliefs about health and treatment strategies can be identified. The national policy makers can use those survey data to better understand main health problems in the country and correct issues that are obstacles for human and economic development. The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) is a World Health Organization (WHO) program that aims to make all the essential vaccines available to all children regardless of nation, region, and socio-economic status. To make the program fruitful, all the United Nations’ member states, the national governments make their policies for vaccination programs using the guidelines of EPI. Bangladesh is a south Asian country with a condensed population having different national problems. Ensuring primary health care to each and every individual is a challenging task for the government. The current study was aimed to observe the situation of primary health care system in an upazilla of the district Netrokona. The EPI was considered as a parameter of primary health care system. The data gathered from the study may be used by the government to fix the associated problems and to improve the health care system. Keywords: Health Care Provider, Immunization, Primary Health Care, Upazilla Health Complex, WHO 1. Introduction Health is the source of all happiness. Bangladesh is a lower middle income country in the world. It has about 160 millions of population struggling to stay in only 1,47,570 square kilometers. There are a number of challenges like ensuring health for all, natural disasters, unemployment etc. to face towards its way of development. Among them health is a pivotal issue to provide to all spheres of population. According to World Health Organization, “Health is the physical, social and mental wellbeing and not merely absence of any disease”. Health is the basic need of people in Bangladesh. Medical care to Bangladeshi citizens is one of the basic necessities. Improvement of nutritional status and public health status is a Constitutional commitment of the Government of Bangladesh [1]. The progress of a nation depends on the condition of health of the population of the country. Basic health is crucial to serve people of Bangladesh. So, Primary Health Care (PHC) is an important arena to study and the focus would be on the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Although Bangladesh is progressing tremendously