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May 23, 2003

 

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

 

“Who Says More Money Needed to Fight Measles”

Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com) (05/22/03)

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) says extra resources are needed to combat the spread of measles in developing nations.  A new WHO report claims that more than 770,000 children succumbed to measles in 2000, and that many of those deaths could have been prevented had more international investment been available to health infrastructures and vaccination programs in poor nations.  The WHO and UNICEF are calling for another $200 million to help carry out comprehensive measles vaccination campaigns in the 45 countries hardest hit by measles over the next three years.  The WHO's report is published in the May 23 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

 

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