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05-04-2011, 03:30 PM
The National Vaccinations Program of the Americas begins today. The plan is to immunize 1.7 million people against eight diseases. Diario Libre says that the campaign includes the administration of five million doses and consists of three phases that will be carried out in successive steps.
Some 665,270 students between the ages of 6 and 9 years of age in both public and private schools will be vaccinated in the first phase. The second phase includes children as young as three years old and this will be done on a house-to-house basis, while the third phase will seek to vaccinate 475,000 adults who work in the farming areas and in construction.
Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez will head a ceremony at the Marillat School, in the Ensanche Kennedy at 10am. The campaign consists of vaccinations against polio, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, hepatitis, Influenza A H1N1, chicken pox, measles and mumps.
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Some 665,270 students between the ages of 6 and 9 years of age in both public and private schools will be vaccinated in the first phase. The second phase includes children as young as three years old and this will be done on a house-to-house basis, while the third phase will seek to vaccinate 475,000 adults who work in the farming areas and in construction.
Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez will head a ceremony at the Marillat School, in the Ensanche Kennedy at 10am. The campaign consists of vaccinations against polio, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, hepatitis, Influenza A H1N1, chicken pox, measles and mumps.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)