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July 10, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Gambia: WHO, UNICEF Help in Third Meningitis Vaccination Drive"
Africa News Service (www.allafrica.com) (07/08/02)
A preventative meningitis immunization program in The Gambia is
being aided by donations from the World Health Organization and
UNICEF in the form of vaccine doses, syringes, and fuel for
vaccination teams. The program was launched last week by Gambia
president Yahya Jammeh and will end on July 22.
"Morocco: 1.2 Million Syringes Arrive for Immunization Week"
Africa News Service (www.allafrica.com) (07/08/02)
A shortage of syringes on the first day of a nine-day
immunization week in Morocco was relieved with the arrival of 1.2
million syringes from the World Health Organization and the
United Nations Children's Fund, according to Ministry of Health
and Child Welfare disease prevention and control deputy director
Stanley Midzi. The shortage was caused by a local agent of the
Ministry having difficulty getting foreign currency to pay for
the syringes, and when the currency was found, the company had
sold out of the syringes. The donated syringes, worth $68,000,
are enough for the entire immunization program, which is
targeting about 2 million children in the country for follow-up
measles vaccinations.
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