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March 20, 2002

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Polio Vaccination a Success"

Business World (Philippines) (bworld.com.ph/current/today.html)

(03/19/02)

In the Philippines, the second round of a mass polio vaccination campaign reached over 12 million children between the ages of one and five during the first week of March, officials said Monday. After a door-to-door immunization strategy was adopted, the second round recorded a 101.7 percent accomplishment rate, compared to 98.7 percent in February.  The vaccination campaign was initiated after three cases of polio were identified in 2001, just one year after the country was declared polio-free.

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