UNICEF Aims To Vaccinate 1.7M Children Against Measles In DRC

By Kaiser GH Update

A UNICEF measles immunization campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) aimed to vaccinate 1.7 million children under age five between December 19 and December 21, IRIN reports. ?At least 128,965 measles cases, with 1,573 deaths, have been recorded in the DRC in 2011, and 89 wild polio-virus type 1 cases had been reported up to 13 December, UNICEF said,? the news service writes (12/21).

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UNICEF Aims To Vaccinate 1.7M Children Against Measles In DRC

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Posted by Kaiser GH Update on Dec 23 2011. Filed under Infectious Disease, Kaiser's Global Health Update. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Source: http://www.globalhealthhub.org/2011/12/23/unicef-aims-to-vaccinate-1-7m-children-against-measles-in-drc/

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