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Indonesia kicks off second round of nationwide polio vaccination drive.

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| September 30, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: Regional News - Indonesia has kicked off the latest round of a nationwide polio vaccination drive, aimed at giving 24 million children under the age of five a second dose of vaccine to stop the disease's recent reappearance in the county.

Health workers across the country began vaccinating millions of children in the second round of a campaign against the polio outbreak that has infected more than 250 children since March.

Indonesia has also launched an unprecedented information campaign to explain to the public that the polio vaccine is safe for children. The public relations effort is to counter unfounded rumors …

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