With UN Support, Haiti UN Nationwide Vaccination Campaign
 
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:00:04 -0500

WITH UN SUPPORT, HAITI LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
 
New York, Nov  6 2007  3:00PM
With the backing of the United Nations, the Haitian Government today 
launched a nationwide vaccination campaign to try to protect 
more than half of the population from contracting key preventable 

The UN Children’s Fund (<"http://www.unicef.org">UNICEF), the World 
Health Organization (<"http://www.who.int/en">WHO) and the UN 
Stabilization Mission in Haiti (<"http://www.un.org/depts/dpko/missions/minustah">MINUSTAH) 
are all partners in the effort to reach 

The $9.5 million campaign is being carried out in the framework of 
a broader drive to tackle measles, German measles, tetanus and 
polio. Measles and German measles vaccines will be given to people 
age 1 to 19, while children up to the age of 4 will receive immunization 
against polio.  Women of childbearing age are targeted 

UN blue helmets serving with MINUSTAH furnished logistical support 
for the campaign, facilitating the transport of equipment, vaccines 
and other materials while helping to ensure the cold-chain necessary 

“This country is a perfect example of what can be accomplished when 
Haitian authorities, different agencies of the UN system, MINUSTAH 
and the international community work in close collaboration,” 
said the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Haiti, Hédi 
Annabi.
 2007-11-06 00:00:00.000 


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