Vaccination rate "critical": campaign informs reluctant parents

DutchNews.nl— Doctors and patient organisations have started a national campaign aimed at boosting the vaccination rate which they say is so low that it is endangering the lives of children and vulnerable elderly. Organisers are hoping that posters and a website with information about the importance of vaccinations against such childhood diseases as measles and whooping cough will persuade parents to get the jabs for their children. Both illnesses are on the rise, sometimes with deadly consequences. Four...

www.khaama.com—National Polio vaccine campaign to commence tomorrow. The “Afghanistan Polio-Free” organization recently announced that the polio vaccine campaign in various provinces of Afghanistan will commence tomorrow. The organization stated on its social media platform X on Sunday, April 28th, that this campaign will begin nationwide on Monday. According to the organization’s newsletter, children in this campaign will receive vaccines and vitamin A […]

India West—Deol Sisters, Other Daughters Campaign Strongly For Parents In UP. LUCKNOW, (IANS) – They are doughty young women who are happy in their privileged worlds, far removed from politics. However, they are now braving the heat and dust of elections and are campaigning for their parents. They may not be familiar with the world of […]

DutchNews.nl—Sheep farmers can start vaccination campaign against bluetongue. A campaign to vaccinate around a million sheep against the insect-borne bluetongue virus is expected to start in days now agriculture minister Piet Adema as given the go-ahead to a new vaccine. The bluetongue virus was first identified on four Dutch sheep farms in early September last year and spread to hundreds of farms nationwide. It was the first time since 2009 that the disease, which does not pose a threat to humans, has been found in the Netherlands. Bluetongue