YEMEN: UNICEF VACCINATION CAMPAIGN REACHES 5 MILLION CHILDREN

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A little boy is vaccinated against polio in Sa’ada, Yemen. (file) Photo: UNICEF/UN026952/Madhok

YEMEN: UNICEF VACCINATION CAMPAIGN REACHES 5 MILLION CHILDREN

Amid escalating violence, the United Nations humanitarian agency for children and its partners have completed the first round of a nationwide door-to-door vaccination campaign reaching 5 million children under the age of five with oral polio vaccine and vitamin A supplementation. Read more

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