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July 02, 2003

 

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

 

"Uganda: Measles Vaccination Kicks Off in October"

Africa News Service (www.allafrica.com) (06/30/03)

 

Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization (UNEPI) program manager Dr. Prossy Mugyenyi recently announced that a measles vaccination program, targeting children between the ages of nine months and 14 years, is scheduled for mid-October.  Funding for the program is set at 5.7 billion Uganda shillings.  UNEPI has allocated the funds for training personnel, social mobilization, transport of vaccines, monitoring, and actual vaccination.

 

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