7th anti-polio campaign launched [Archives:2005/906/Local News]

SANA'A, Dec. 25- The 7th anti-polio campaign was launched Sunday

all over Yemen. The campaign aims to vaccinate around four million children who are under five years old. Over 40,000 health workers and volunteers are involved in this campaign, supplied with 9,000 vehicles in order to reach remote and mountainous areas. Around 5 million and 1200 thousands vaccination dosages for the campaign have been distributed throughout health utilities.

The Ministry of Public Health and Population organized the campaign in cooperation with World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. Anti-polio campaigns are run in order to further continue the efforts of curbing the spread of polio in Yemen. This campaign is considered the last one for 2005. During 12- 14 November this year, the Ministry of Public Health and Population organized an earlier campaign against polio. Around four million children under five years of age were vaccinated during that campaign.
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