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

Sheffield: Kashmir Development Foundation, in collaboration with the NHS, is encouraging people to be wise and Immunise as vaccination is 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 Gulzar e Habib Masjid, Ribston Road, Sheffield.

Religious Scholar Imam Hafiz Mohammed Naeem 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. Sardar Aftab Khan Executive Director Kashmir Development Foundation UK, Hafiz Mohammed Naeem Imam Gulzar e Habib Masjid Sheffield, Haji Mohammed Ali, Haji Ghulam Rasool and others were also present there.

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