UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
27 August 2002
A consignment of 515,000 doses of vaccine and other medical supplies is due to arrive in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Tuesday to strengthen efforts to contain a meningitis epidemic that has, so far, killed 65 people and affected at least another 445, including 148 children, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, reported.
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