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Measles
UN Agencies Launch New Plan To Halve Global Measles Deaths By 2005
April 11th, 2001
In a concerted move against one of the world's deadliest childhood diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on March 29, 2001, a new initiative designed to halve global measles deaths by 2005. "Measles is still a major childhood killer, with over 30 million cases and nearly 900,000 annual deaths in recent years. These figures are even more shocking given the fact that effective immunization, which includes vaccine and safe injection equipment, costs just US$0.26 and has been available for more than 30 years," said Dr. Bjorn Melgaard, director of Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO. Measles...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2001-04-11)
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