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July 17, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Zimbabwe: [Measles Vaccination Campaign]"
Africa News Service (www.allafrica.com) (07/15/02)
A 10-day immunization campaign in Zimbabwe reached nearly 2 million children with measles vaccines and vitamin A supplements. The program started out slowly, but towards the end thousands of mothers brought their children in for the shots and the effort was considered a success. Previous campaigns have been hampered by reports of some religious groups discouraging their members from being vaccinated, but there were no such incidents in this last immunization effort.
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