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"South Africa: Parents Urged to Immunize Their Children"
Africa News Service ( www.allafrica.com ) (08/07/02)
As part of National Immunization Week, South Africa' health
department is calling on parents to get their children
vaccinated. South Africa's Expanded Program for Immunization
provides children with vaccines to prevent diseases such as
polio, tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, hepatitis B, and
diphtheria. However, many parents in the country are not taking
advantage of the free clinics or are dropping out of the clinics
before their children are fully protected against the diseases,
noted Eddie Mhlanga, head of children's health for the South
African department of health. "Half measures will not work,"
Mhlanga stated.
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