Vaccinating Children Against Measles

This project supports the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the Mozambique Ministry of Health to undertake a nationwide measles vaccination campaign for children under five. The campaign aims to accelerate on a national scale the reduction of under-five mortality. It provides 2.7 million children with a measles vaccine 3.6 million children with a dose of Vitamin A and 3.2 million children with deworming medicine. The campaign takes place during May 2011 as part of a National Mother and Child Health Week a public health outreach effort to deliver a package of high-impact low-cost maternal and child survival interventions. This project is part of Canada's Maternal Newborn and Child Health commitment.