THOUSANDS IN SHIRAK TO BE IMMUNIZED AGAINST MEASLES AND RUBELLA
ARMENPRESS
Aug 14, 2007
GYUMRI, AUGUST 14, ARMENPRESS: Thousands of children and young people
aged 7-27 in the northwestern province of Shirak will be immunized
against measles and rubella between 1-13 October this year. The main
goal of the mass immunization campaign is to cover all children,
adolescents and young people who are susceptible to measles and
rubella, and interrupt the transmission of the diseases in Armenia.
Karine Tairian, head of the provincial epidemiological center, said all
vaccination centers are being equipped in readiness for the campaign
and hundreds of health workers are being mobilized.
The routine immunization program against these diseases is part of a
national strategy to eliminate measles and prevent congenital rubella
syndrome in Armenia by the year 2010, which in turn is part of the
strategy of WHO to achieve the same goals throughout the European
region by 2010.