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Canada helps U.N. Children's Fund jumpstart vaccination campaign in Angola.(Brief Article)
2002 JUL 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The government of Canada has donated $5.5 million (Canadian) to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for a major measles vaccination campaign in Angola, where a recent peace deal has led to the opening of regions not accessible to aid agencies for years.
"This generous gift from Canada will truly be a life-saver," said UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy. "With this measles campaign, millions of children will be protected from this killer disease - most for the first time. And millions of families across Angola will see that peace has real benefits."
According to UNICEF, measles is the first cause of vaccine-preventable mortality in Angola and one of the leading killers of Angolan children. The nationwide measles campaign, to be launched late this summer, will help the government of ...
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