Thursday, 26 May 2016

PRO/EDR> Measles update (20): Pakistan, New Zealand, Singapore, Kenya

Measles -- Pakistan
Anti-measles vaccination campaign, which was scheduled to begin on Wed May 25 2016, has been postponed in Karachi.
Reliable sources at the health department told PPI that an expanded program on immunization (EPI) had decided to carry out a special vaccination drive in 120 high risk union councils of Karachi from 25 May to 2 Jun [2016] to contain measles outbreak in the city. They planned to vaccinate around 1.1 million children between the ages of 6 months to 5 years in 120 high risk union

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1Z451EG

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