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December 02, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Angola: Over 80,000 People Vaccinated Against Measles and Tetanus" Africa News Service (www.allafrica.com) (11/27/02)
In the Uige province of Angola, more than 80,000 people received vaccinations against measles and tetanus in the first 10 months of 2002, according to a source from the Extended Programme of Vaccination. The immunizations consisted of measles shots for 38,000 children and tetanus shots for 43,000 pregnant women and young girls.
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