7.5 million Ivorian children for polio vaccination

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Photo: Kevin Frayer/Associated Press/em> PANA Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire- More than 7.5 million Ivorian children, aged 0-5 years, will be vaccinated against polio when the third round of the nation’s national immunization programme begins on Friday, according to health officials here … Read More

UN World Health Organization campaigns against lead poisoning in children

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Photo: City of Berkeley Public Health Division PANA Lagos, Nigeria- On the occasion of the International Lead Poisoning Awareness Prevention Week of Action (20-26 Oct), the World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking an end to lead poisoning in children by … Read More

GAVI Alliance says 250 million children to be vaccinated by 2015

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Photo: Andrew W. McGalliard PANA New York, US – A partnership between public and private sector, the GAVI Alliance, is was on track to meet its targets of supporting developing countries to immunize nearly 250 million children by 2015. The … Read More