VACCINATION OF CHILDREN AGAINST MEASLES STARTED IN NKR
Laura Grigorian

Azat Artsakh Daily, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
20 March 07

On March 12 the program of vaccination of children against measles was
launched in Karabakh which had begun in other countries five years ago,
in 2002.

According to the NKR minister of health Zoya Lazarian, Artsakh falls
behind because the country is unrecognized, and cannot participate
in various programs.

The ministry of health of Armenia and the Millennium Armenian
Children’s Vaccination Program have negotiated with international
organizations but in vain. The international organizations refused to
provide the vaccine. Recently the vaccine has been finally acquired
thanks to the Armenian Ministry of Health and Karabakh Telecom. On
March 12 the coordinator of the Millennium Armenian Children’s
Vaccination in Armenia Narineh Hayrapetian, the director of the
Armenian national program of immunization Gayane Sahakian and experts
of the Armenian Ministry of Health arrived in Karabakh to take part
in the seminar marking the start of the vaccination program. The NKR
minister of health Zoya Lazarian thanked Karabakh Telecom, Millennium
Vaccination of Armenian Children Foundation and its founder Raffi
Atajian and everyone who contributed to this mission.