[Published: Monday April 09 2018]
 Mozambique to vaccinate 12m children against measles
MAPUTO 9 Apr (ANA) - A nationwide vaccination campaign begins in Mozambique today against measles and rubella.
The campaign, which covers children between the ages of six months and 14 years, is expected to immunise about 12 million children.
According to official health ministry data, measles currently affects more than 90,000 people, over half of whom are children.
The official launch of the vaccination campaign takes place today in Lichinga, the provincial capital of the northern province of Niassa and is led by Mozambique's first lady, Isaura Nyusi, accompanied by Health Minister Nazira Abdula.
Speaking on arrival in Lichinga on Sunday at the start of a five-day working visit to Niassa, Ms Nyusi asked parents and guardians to take their children to the vaccination centres to get them treated.(ANA)
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