{{Children between the age of 12 and 15 will recieved a second dosage of measles vaccination at the begining of January, 2014.}}
The Ministry of Health says the vaccination will help in curbing any occurrence of the disease among children.
Hassan Sibomana, an epidemiology specialist in the Ministry of Health noted the first vaccination admnistered to children protects them up to 85%.
“This Second dose will give children 100 % of protection from measles,”He said.
Sibomana explained that there have been outbreaks but children have not been severely affected because they have been immunised before, “But now we will only have immunisation campaigns in case of outbreaks but not the usual campaigns that we had.”
The second dose will see the introduction of the rubella vaccination on the routine vaccination as well.
At the beginning of March, the Ministry of Health introduced a three-day period of Measles–Rubella vaccination under which nearly 5 million children under 15 years, or 47% of the population of Rwanda, will be immunised with the new vaccine.
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