Measles

Campaign targets more than 5 million children

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 1st, 2003

A measles vaccination and vitamin A campaign, targeting more than five million children aged between six months and 15 years, was launched in Ethiopia on June 6, 2003, by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the health ministry, reported UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (www.irin.org).

"This campaign is part of our joint efforts to fight the major childhood killer diseases in Ethiopia," said Dr. Mahendra Sheth, the head of UNICEF Ethiopia's health and nutrition section. "Only through well-coordinated campaigns like this are we able to combat measles and vitamin A deficiency, which not only cause high childhood mortality, but also blindness,...

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