European Immunization Week celebrated in Kosovo Pristhtinë/Priština, 23 April 2011 – WHO and UNICEF Offices in Kosovo, in cooperation with Ministry of Health, opened the European Immunization Week in Kosovo (23 – 30 April 2011).
European Immunization Week 2011 kicks off throughout the region BRUSSELS, 26 April, 2011 — At least 42,000 measles cases were reported in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia spreading across borders in the past 15 months underlining the need to share solutions for reaching immunization goals, UNICEF said today.
Turkmenistan launches polio vaccination campaign Around 600,000 Turkmenistan children from birth to five years old will receive vital drops against polio as part of the Polio Vaccination Campaign that starts on 25 April 2011.
New rounds of polio immunization start in Tajikistan today DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, 18 April 2011 – About 1.1 children under the age of 5 will be vaccinated against polio during the new round of National Immunisation Days (NIDs) that start throughout Tajikistan today.
National campaign against polio launched in Kyrgyzstan BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, 18 April 2011 – Today, the Deputy Minister of Health, the UNICEF Representative and WHO staff officially launched the first round of the national immunisation campaign against polio.
UNICEF supplies Kazakhstan with polio vaccines ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 15 April 2011 – The Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan with the support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Kazakhstan will run a national immunization campaign against polio for children under 6 years old.
Second stage of national polio immunization campaign begins in Kyrgyzstan BISHKEK, Kyrgyz Republic - August 23, 2010 - In order to prevent an outbreak and spread in Kyrgyzstan of the polio virus, on Monday 23 August throughout the territory of the country, the second stage of the campaign to immunize children under 5 begins.