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June 19, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Burundi Launches Vaccination Campaign Against Polio, Measles" PANA Wire Service (allafrica.com) (06/18/02)
Health officials in Burundi launched on Monday the sixth national vaccination campaign against measles and polio. The 11-day effort aims to vaccinate 3.3 million children against measles and over 627,000 against polio, and 1.2 million young children will receive vitamin A. For the campaign, officials have sent over 5,000 workers to eight of the country's 17 provinces; these provinces were targeted because of their low vaccination coverage in 2001, or because of their proximity to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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