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Epidemic Spreading In Ethiopia.(Brief Article)

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2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --

Ethiopia faces a major meningitis epidemic unless international donors meet the current shortfall in vaccines, the United Nations country team for Ethiopia has warned.

In a special alert message on April 6, 2001, the country team called on the donor community to provide the 3.7 million doses still required to stop the spread of the disease. According to the team, only 30% of the target population has so far been vaccinated against the potentially fatal illness.

According to an April 13, 2001, UN Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) report, the message said this year's outbreak was "particularly alarming" due ...

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