Tripoli. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it has provided some 55,000 doses to prevent and control a growing measles outbreak in southern Libya.
UNICEF wrote on its Facebook post, “In partnership with the Libyan Ministry of Health and the Libyan National Center for Disease Control, UNICEF Libya procured 55,000 doses of measles and rubella (MR) vaccine to prevent measles in southern Libya. The post informed that MR vaccine doses were delivered to Libya last week, where medical supplements were distributed to the Department for the National Immunization Campaign.
It was told in the statement that under the vaccination campaign, doses will be given to children from nine months to six years to prevent the spread of measles. UNICEF said in the statement that it is committed to ensuring that every child in Libya has access to life-saving vaccines. UNICEF will continue to work to improve the health and well-being of children across the country.
Inputs From: Unicef
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