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Chairman of the PPC has just assigned Health department to implement the measles vaccination campaign following the Health Ministry’s guidance at official document No. 2660/BYT-DP and Decision No. 1878/QĐ-BYT.
Accordingly, all provinces and cities across the country will implement the measles vaccination campaign from May 2014 to June 2015 for children from 01 to 14 years old.
Children from 1 to 5 years of age will receive measles vaccination in the first stage of the campaign on Sep.-Oct. 2014. The second stage (Nov. – Dec. 2014) of the campaign is for children of 6-10 years old and the third stage (Jan. – Feb. 2015) will provide measles vaccination for 11-14 year- old children.
Ministry of Health also asked localities to provide enough measles vaccination for all children from 1-14 years old at remote and difficult areas.
Provinces and cities can adjust the time of the campaign according to each locality’s weather conditions.
Minh Thien
Đăng ký: VietNam News