Measles additional dose vaccination is to start on May 15th. The measure is taken in view of the increased outbreak of the disease in Ulaanbaatar city and the rural areas this spring.
The vaccination is to cover children aged from 6 months old to 5 year olds for the duration of 10 days. This repeated dose will be administered to all the children no matter if those have received the previous dose.
Vaccination will take place at the family health care vaccination centers and for the kindergarteners the vaccination will be administered at their kindergartens.
According to the preliminary assessments there are 370,000 children to receive the vaccination. The needed vaccination was ordered through the UNICEF with assistance of the WHO.
Measles additional dose vaccination is to start on May 15th. The measure is taken in view of the increased outbreak of the disease in Ulaanbaatar city and the rural areas this spring.
The vaccination is to cover children aged from 6 months old to 5 year olds for the duration of 10 days. This repeated dose will be administered to all the children no matter if those have received the previous dose.
Vaccination will take place at the family health care vaccination centers and for the kindergarteners the vaccination will be administered at their kindergartens.
According to the preliminary assessments there are 370,000 children to receive the vaccination. The needed vaccination was ordered through the UNICEF with assistance of the WHO.