Reactive measles vaccination campaign in Ethiopia reaches over 1.7 million children [WHO]
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), with technical and financial support of partners including WHO and UNICEF, conducted a measles outbreak response vaccination campaign in four outbreaks affected regions of Amhara, Gambella, Oromia and South Ethiopia. The national cumulative administrative coverage showed that a total of 1,707,039 children under ten years (from 6 months - 10 years) were vaccinated during this measles reactive campaign.