UNICEF: Immunization campaign launched in Haiti quake zone

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_52681.html

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 3 February 2010 UNICEF, the Haitian Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and other partners have organized an immunization drive to reach those who survived the quake but are now living in cramped, makeshift camps.

Conditions in the camps are rife for the spread of disease. And while the campaign is mainly focused on protecting the health of young children, a number of vaccines are also available for older children and adults.

Patrick Dely, a Haitian medical student who has been studying in Cuba, returned to Haiti with a team of Cuban doctors to assist in the campaign These vaccinations are important, he says, because after a disaster like this one in Haiti, the population is exposed to the risk of disease.

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• UNICEF
• Haiti
• earthquake
• immunization
• children
• health
• protection
• sanitation

[HavanaSei]

Cuba ,my country is helping with medicines and doctors in Haiti and also another latin american countries are giving their hand..Every country must join and NEVER FORGET Haiti ,these people has lose everything!