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January 27, 2003
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Afghanistan Embarks on Tetanus Vaccination Campaign"
BBC Worldwide Monitoring (www.monitor.bbc.co.uk) (01/26/03)
Health officials in Afghanistan are launching a vaccination campaign against tetanus, targeting 450,000 women between the ages of 15 and 45 years. The campaign, which will start on Feb. 2, is being supported by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
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