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June 20, 2003
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
Namibia: Minister Launches Measles, Polio
Immunization Drive
Namibias
Health and Social Services minister, Libertina Amathila, launched this week a
national measles and polio immunization campaign. For the first round, children
between the ages of zero and 59 months will receive the oral polio vaccine, the
measles vaccine, and vitamin A supplements in eight regions of the country. A
second round of immunizations will be held in those regions late next month.
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