The Equatorial Guinean Health and Welfare ministry has launched a vaccination campaign against diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, measles and poliomyelitis.
The three-day operation targets children aged 0 to 5 years and pregnant women. It aims to achieve over 80% immunization coverage in order to secure and reduce maternal and infant mortality.
The vaccination campaign is funded by the government but with the assistance of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF).
The vaccinating agents of this door-to-door operation are also distributing vitamin A and cleaning water wells to prevent waterborne diseases.
Some people already have symptoms of these diseases which had claimed many lives in Malabo, the capital in 2005.
Source African Press Agency
