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July 11, 2003
INTERNATIONAL
IMMUNIZATION NEWS
EC Provides
Nigeria With $49.78 Million for Immunization Program
Nigerias
Partnership for the Reinforcement of Immunization Efficiencys
(PRIME) polio
immunization program has received nearly $50 million from the European
Commission (EC) that will aid routine immunizations against polio in the
country. The program, which the EC is funding over the course of five years, is
intended to provide support to national routine immunization
programs in
Nigerias six states. At this initial stage, five local
government areas
(LGAs) per state will be targeted, the EC said in a statement, but by the end
of 2007, it is expected that all LGAs in each state will be included in the
PRIME program.
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