Ba Ria-Vung Tau launches measles-rubella vaccination campaign
The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has recently launched a campaign to give the measles–rubella vaccination to juveniles aged 16-17 in the locality.
The vaccination campaign, will be implemented from March to April.
The provincial health and education sectors are asked to focus on popularising the benefits brought by the measles-rubella campaign.
The national campaign on measles-rubella vaccination was launched in mid-September, 2014, and has so far provided injections to 19 million children from one to 14 years old or 95.7% of the total demographic population.
The campaign was expanded to children aged 16-17 from February 22, 2016.