Combining Malaria Care and Vaccinations in Mali
SlideshowCombining Malaria Care and Vaccinations in Mali
April 25, 2016
A recent survey by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shows that the national program’s vaccination coverage for all antigens has increased by at least 50 percent in children under five years of age in the district of Ansongo, in the northern Mali’s Gao region. This improvement has been achieved thanks to the implementation last year of a strategy combining seasonal malaria chemoprevention, rapid nutritional assessment, and vaccination.
Source: MSF News - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Elias Primoff Source Type: news
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