Posted 12:12 PM 2/8/2010
GENEVA - Aid groups say they are launching an emergency
vaccination campaign for 140,000 people in Haiti to protect them
against measles and other diseases.
The campaign is being conducted by the international Red Cross
federation, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Haitian
Health Ministry.
A Red Cross statement says the campaign will focus on the
capital Port-au-Prince because the disease risk to earthquake
victims there is greatest.
The federation said it expects to start by vaccinating about
1,800 people Monday at a camp on the old airport runway and then
move on to hundreds of other camps over the next two weeks
Vaccinations will also be against diphtheria and tetanus.
