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Measles

The American Red Cross and Air France Form Three-Year Partnership to Support Fight Against Measles

NEW YORK -- Air France today announced that it has signed a three-year agreement with the American Red Cross to form a partnership helping the U.S.-based agency carry out their Measles Initiative, a five-year program to vaccinate 200 million at-risk children against measles ...More
December 3, 2003
Posted in News
Measles Still Leading Cause of Vaccine-Preventable Deaths in Children

WASHINGTON -- According to a study in the May 23, 2003 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), despite the availability of a safe, effective and inexpensive vaccine for 40 years, measles remains the leading ...More
June 3, 2003
Posted in News
Measle Vaccination Campaign Fans Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan-While hard to believe, there is a killer in Afghanistan more elusive than the greatly hunted Osama bin Laden. The virus responsible for causing measles is a cunning killer in a country where vaccinations are a luxury. Officials at the UN Children's Fund ...More
January 7, 2002
Posted in News
Government to Improve Immunization System

President Clinton has ordered the federal government to study the immunization rates of children under 5 who receive government aid. The Agriculture Department will look at children involved in the Women, Infants and Children federal nutrition program (WIC) to develop a ...More
December 11, 2000
Posted in News
Considerations for Immunization Programs

Considerations for Immunization ProgramsBy Sue Sebazco, RN, BS, CIC A well-planned and implemented immunization program is an important component of a healthcare organization's infection prevention and control program. These programs should address the immune status of not ...More
October 1, 2000
Posted in Articles
100 Measles Cases Last Year

Ties 1998 ...More
July 3, 2000
Posted in News