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Ecuador holds National Immunization Day.
EPI Newsl ; 21(4): 6, 1999 Aug.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12349262
PIP: Ecuador conducted its National Immunization Day on August 2-13, 1999, against 10 vaccine-preventable diseases, and distributed vitamin A supplementation to children between the ages of 6 to 36 months. The goals of the campaign were: 1) indiscriminate vaccination with oral polio vaccine of all children under 5 years old; 2) nationwide introduction of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to all children aged 12-23 months; 3) hepatitis B vaccine introduction to all children below 1 year in the eastern part of the country, vaccination with dT of 60% of all women of childbearing age in 71 areas identified at risk for neonatal tetanus, and nationwide vaccination with dT of all pregnant women; and 4) yellow fever immunization of all children aged 1-14 years in the eastern provinces located in the Amazon Basin and of all adults aged 15-49 years in the provinces of Sucumbios, Napo, Orellana, and the area of Mumullacta in Pastanza.^ieng
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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Research / Vitamin A / Virus Diseases / Child / Immunization / Dietary Supplements / National Health Programs Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Ecuador Language: En Journal: EPI Newsl Year: 1999 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States
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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Research / Vitamin A / Virus Diseases / Child / Immunization / Dietary Supplements / National Health Programs Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Ecuador Language: En Journal: EPI Newsl Year: 1999 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States