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July 26, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to Highlight Somalia's Crisis" Agence France Presse (www.afp.com/english/home) (07/25/02)
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, will visit Somalia for seven days to draw attention to the country's high infant and child mortality rates, low immunization coverage levels, and the general decline of the economy. Only about 40 percent of children under the age of one year have been vaccinated against polio in Somalia, notes a UNICEF statement. Kuroyanagi will tour Somalia's education, youth, and health projects and raise money to help the war-torn country with its humanitarian crisis.
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