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Anti-measles campaign would be launched in May

vaccinationLahore: A campaign for the vaccination of children against measles would be launched during the last weeks of the next month while its final date will be announced shortly.

Kh. Salman Rafique said that government has released a grant of more than Rs. 660 million for the purchase of anti-measles vaccine. He said that during this campaign, three crore children upto the age of ten years will be vaccinated against measles. He informed that Gavi will also extend cooperation to the Punjab Government in its anti-measles campaign. He said that there is no outbreak of measles in Punjab and the situation is completely under control. He told that about nine thousand cases were reported in the first four months of 2013 and after which government launched a campaign against measles and as a result of successful campaign only cases of measles have been reported so far during the current year.   

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