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February 21, 2003

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Congo-Kinshasa: Second Round of Measles Vaccinations Underway in Ituri" Africa News Service (www.allafrica.com) (02/19/03)

Medair, an international relief nongovernmental organization, announced recently that a second measles immunization campaign was launched in the Ituri District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  This effort will target an additional 20,000 children who were not reached during a week-long campaign last month in which over 100,000 children between the ages of six months and 15 years in Bunia proper were immunized.  Medair said the initial campaign was held in response to reports in last December of over 300 measles cases in the region, with 16 deaths.

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