pauk, Noveber 20

A ceremony to inform local people of mass measles immunization program targeting children from ninth-month old to five year and six month old was held at the meeting hall of the township Health Department.

At the event, Dr. Aye Pa Pa Soe Yim head of the township Health Department said that additional vaccination campaign will be launched throughout the nation in accord with the objectives - to be free from measles and inborn measles diseases by 2020. 

Children in wards and villages will be given measles vaccination shots from November 26 to 29.—Nyan Toe (IPRD)

Translated by Aung Zaw Lin