Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Angola: Namibe - Over 67, 000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio

31 July 2008


Namibe — The third national campaign against poliomyelitis that took place on 25-27 July countrywide, resulted in the vaccination, in the south-western Namibe Province, of 67,135 children aged between zero to five, ANGOP got the information from the head of the provincial public health department, Franco Mufinda.

The campaign had as target the vaccination of 61, 172 children, but it surpassed the expectations thanks to the vaccinators teams and the parents who collaborated with the campaign.

The campaign in this province counted on the work of 138 teams, totalling 68 vaccinators spread by five districts of the province. In the second phase, the province vaccinated 61, 139 children.

Be the first to Write a Comment!

More News on allAfrica.com

Copyright © 2008 Angola Press Agency. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

AllAfrica - All the Time

SELECT
SELECT

Most Active Stories: Angola

Topics