WHO announced details of Immunization Week noting that “for the first time, about 180 countries and territories across the WHO regions of Africa, the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe and the Western Pacific are taking part. WHO said that during immunization week “outreach teams visit communities with limited access to regular health services such as those living in remote areas, urban fringes and internally displaced people to administer vaccines. Teams carry out large-scale vaccination campaigns against diseases like measles and polio.”

– WHO Director-General video message on immunization week
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Related links

– Immunization Week 2011

– African Vaccination Week

– Vaccination Week in the Americas

– Vaccination Week in the Eastern Mediterranean

– European Immunization Week

– Vaccination Week in the Western Pacific

http://www.who.int/features/2011/immunization_week/en/index.html