Rwanda Ministry of Health has announced that children aged between 9-15 will be vaccinated across the country from 12th March to 15 March, 2013.
According to Minister of Health Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, children will receive a vaccine which is a combination of two elements that fights against measles and Rubella,
“It’s the first time the vaccine is introduced in the country for massive public Health campaign.” Binagwaho revealed.
Since 2006 to 2012, cases of rubella disease and measles have increased across the country.
In 80s, more than 40 000 children were dying yearly due to measles which has the same signs as the ones of Rubella.
“Today no child dies of measles as there is its vaccine. The next step is to call upon parents to vaccinate their children,” said Maurice Gatera Head of Vaccine Preventable Diseases Division-Institute of HIV/AIDs, Disease Prevention & Control at Rwanda Biomedical Centre.
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