Via Radio Kiskeya, a little good news: 2.7 million children vaccinated in eight weeks against polio and measles. Excerpt from a computer translation, slightly edited:
The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) announced Tuesday that vaccination coverage in Haiti has hit record 2.7 million children in eight weeks.
At a special ceremony at the Hotel Montana, the MSPP and PAHO-WHO presented together the results of the vaccination campaign against polio and measles conducted from April 24 to June 24, 2012.
The Health Minister, Dr. Florence Guillaume Duperval, believes that the results will form part of the advancement of the health system in Haiti. She sent special thanks to all who took part in the campaign.
The campaign reached the ten departments of the country and is in its final stages in the Artibonite, according to Dr. Ronald Jean Cadet, director of the National Coordination Unit of the Program on Immunization (UCNPV).
