David Harewood takes on new role as a vaccine champion in Bangladesh

David Harewood on a visit to Unicef projects in Sylhet, Bangladesh

(Picture: Unicef)

At the end of a long journey by truck, boat and on foot that brought chilled vaccines to a remote corner of Bangladesh, David Harewood watches healthworkers set up a pop-up vaccination centre in the courtyard of a house and get straight to work.

“This gentleman’s garden became a health centre, basically. And he opened it up to the community. And once they set up, people came out of the woods, came out of their houses, people came from miles around to this one man’s house, walking for hours,” says the British actor and documentary maker who serves as a goodwill ambassador for Unicef UK.