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Burkina Faso Pleads For Millions Of Doses Of Vaccine.(Brief Article)

Vaccine Weekly

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An appeal on March 17, 2001, for 7.5 million doses of vaccine to halt the rapid spread of meningitis in Burkina Faso has drawn an immediate pledge of help from the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the UN Integrated Regional Information Network (UNIRIN). "The World Health Organization is going to review its assistance in such an emergency situation," Dr. Azara Bamba, the WHO resident representative, said.

So far, 587 people have died and at least 3,256 cases recorded. The secretary-general of the Ministry of Health, Mathias Some, warned that the disease would spread throughout the country if urgent measures were not taken immediately.

Health authorities have started a countrywide vaccination drive ...

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