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Ecuador and Colombia participate in the II Binational Vaccination Day in the border area

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Within the framework of Vaccination Week in the Americas, the II Binational Vaccination Day was held in the Ecuador-Colombia border area with the slogan “Vaccinating Saves Lives.” The...

Pakistan polio vaccination drive to target 13.5 million children

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The third Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) campaign of the year 2022 launched to vaccinate 13.5 million children under-five years old children in 36 districts in Pakistan. The...

Polio vaccination campaign launched to vaccinate 12.6 million children across Pakistan

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The second Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) campaign of the year 2022 launched to vaccinate 12.6 million children across Pakistan. The campaign will start from June 27 in all...

Philippines: Measles, polio vaccination campaign to start in Eastern Visayas

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By News Desk  @bactiman63 The Department of Health Eastern Visayas says a month-long vaccination program in the region will start on Feb. 1, covering over 535,000 children between zero and nine-months...

Diphtheria outbreak in Vietnam: 68 cases in the Central Highlands region, Vaccination campaign launched

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the diphtheria outbreak in Central Highlands province, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health coordinated with the People’s Committee of Gia Lai...

Pakistan reports 5 more polio cases, 39 million children slated for vaccination

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Global Polio Eradication Initiative reported that Pakistan saw five additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in the past week, bringing the total for 2020...

Polio vaccination campaign in Iraq

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The Minister of Health of Iraq Dr Alaa Alwan launched a 5-day polio vaccination campaign in Baghdad on 7 April 2019. “This is an important event for the health sector in Iraq. Poliomyelitis is one of...

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Myanmar reports measles death, Measles vaccination campaign in Yangon

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Lats month, Myanmar health officials reported a measles death in a young child in Mandalay region, according to local media. In 2017 and 2018, Myanmar reported 1,293 and 1,330 measles cases, respectively....

Measles vaccination campaign in Madagascar, Cases climb to 69,000

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The measles outbreak in Madagascar has grown to a total of 68,912 cases since October, including 926 deaths, the World Health Organization in Madagascar reports (computer translated). This has prompted...

Measles vaccination campaign continues in Costa Rica

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The Ministry of Health reports the measles vaccination campaign in the country has completed its fourth week and  63% of the vaccines had been administered as of Jan. 11. The country is carrying out...