Sentences with phrase «immunization campaigns»

A global immunization campaign in the mid-20th century eradicated the smallpox virus, one of the deadliest diseases in history

People like Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution; Jim Grant, whose global immunization campaigns saved millions of children; and Wangari Maathai, whose Green Belt Movement has planted millions of trees in Kenya and trained thousands of women to be leaders in conservation.

At least 15 children, all or most under age 2, have died after receiving an injection in a measles immunization campaign in an opposition - held area of northern Syria.

For the past two years, the campaign has delivered the largest in - school flu immunization campaign in Texas history.

«But because the signs and symptoms are typical of measles, we have started proactive steps which include reactive immunization campaign which started today.

Originally, the national immunization campaign was scheduled for January 28 to February 1 in all states in southern Nigeria, we had to start ours at Sabo community alone to prevent possible epidemic.»

Newborns are often the target group in Third World immunization campaigns, because birth is when they are most likely to get medical attention.

Frequent attacks on vaccination teams have greatly slowed immunization campaigns, and polio has again become a major concern, especially in refugee camps, at a time when the region was close to eradicating it.

Cases of the deadly infectious disease went from over 250,000 during an outbreak in 1996 to just 80 confirmed cases in 2015 among countries that had not yet conducted mass immunization campaigns and among those unvaccinated, scientists at the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) Closure Conference reported.

According to Lindmeier, the children died almost immediately on Tuesday after receiving the shot, part of a measles immunization campaign under way in Idlib and Deir al Zour, two governorates of Syria.

However, since special equipment and training are required for the current respiratory delivery method, the scientists conclude that further work is needed if this formula, or an under - the - tongue version, is to be used eventually in large - scale immunization campaigns.

Immunization campaigns against polio and measles quickly mobilized but are hampered by the ongoing civil war and violence.

During these brief «days of tranquility,» warring parties laid down their arms so that health workers could safely and effectively carry out nationwide immunization campaigns.

The smallpox virus was declared eradicated in 1980 following a global immunization campaign led by the World Health Organization.

E3 Alliance's immunization campaign underscores the strong connection between health and Its Central Texas Absence Reasons Study, a nationally ground - breaking study, showed that acute illness, including colds and flu, accounts for 48 percent of the region's absences.

; the English Language Learner Rubric; the largest in - school flu immunization campaign in state history; and Missing School Matters campaign.

In Winnipeg, Dr. Patricia Martens, director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, says flawed or missing data — that under - represents, for example, the number of poor children in her province — could lead to misaligned funding for early childhood education programs or immunization campaigns.

In Israel, if they don't stop it and it does spread, there are other countries around it having problems with their immunization campaigns we don't want to see get reinfected.

That's two - thirds of the dosages that would be necessary if U.S. health officials go forward with their immunization campaign.

Vaccination programs will be continuing: an official at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health directorate said, «It [the Guardian report] will have no impact on the immunization campaign as we have a standard procedure to carry out this exercise.»