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December 06, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Shot Around the World: Volunteer to Teach About Measles"
Daily Oklahoman (www.newsok.com) (12/04/02) P. 1; Whitaker, Lori
Kelli Hays, an American Red Cross volunteer from Norman, Okla., and an
Oklahoma University Medical Center labor and delivery nurse, will travel to
Ghana to oversee an international measles effort called the Measles
Initiative. The five-year campaign began last February, backed by several
national health organizations partnering to prevent the disease from
striking and killing more children in sub-Saharan Africa. According to
Hays, the increased availability of vaccinations could help stop the
disease. The Red Cross' National Youth Council is working to raise some
$12 million to pay for the shots.
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