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Measles is a very infectious disease presenting
with fever with rashes. Myanmar
has started measles immunization since 1987. At first one dose was given to
the children at the age of nine months. In 1995, 87 urban townships were
covered by mass measles immunization campaign targeting children under the
age of three years. The whole of Yangon
and Mandalay Divisions were covered in 1997, targeting children under the
age of five year. Then the whole country was covered with the same type of
campaign, in three phases, implemented from 2002 to 2004. Again in 2007,
the mass measles campaign covered the whole country for all children aged
between 9 months to five years. Under this campaign altogether some six
million children were immunized …
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The commemoration
ceremony for “World Sight day 2011”
was conducted at the Ministry of Health in Nay Pyi Taw on 13 October 2011.
It was attended by H.E. Professor Pe Thet Khin, Union Minister for Health, Dr. Daw Myat
Myat Ohn Khin, Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Health, Directors General from Departments under the Ministry
of Health, officials from the Ministry of Health, representatives from
Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association, Myanmar Women’s Affairs
Federation, INGOs and other local NGOs …
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