Salma Hayek Leads UNICEF Tetanus Campaign

October 4, 2008

Salma Hayek is leading a new UNICEF campaign aimed at helping young African mums fight tetanus. The actress, a new mum, was so moved by the efforts teenagers are taking to stay healthy on a recent fact-finding mission to West Africa that she felt compelled to tell Americans what she had witnessed.

At a press conference for the Pampers’ tetanus vaccine program, Hayek revealed that she was stunned by the efforts being made to eradicate the disease in Sierra Leone, where she also met with tetanus victims.

She said that one of the things that was very moving about the trip was to see 15-year-old girls, really young, taking responsibility for their lives and their children before they’re born by saying, “I am going to be healthy, I am going to take this vaccination.”

Salma added that she had no idea how much this was going to really personally move her.

Source and Credit to: SAMPURN

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