India’s West Bengal state launched a statewide vaccination campaign against measles-rubella on January 9, targeting 23 million children ages 9 months to 15 years. The five-week campaign began in schools (with the assistance of health department medical teams) before shifting to a community-level effort centering on children too young to attend school or those who have dropped out. The vaccination effort seeks to engage both private and public schools to achieve the national goal of eliminating measles-rubella by 2023. The Times of India; Telegraph India
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