Kingdom makes gains in vaccination efforts

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Yesenia Amaro

While some countries are grappling to meet vaccination targets, Cambodia saw a major breakthrough with the elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus in 2015, according to information released by the World Health Organization this month.

India and Mauritania also met the milestone, according to the WHO report, which highlighted recent immunisation gains and steps that countries can take to close the immunisation gap.

Cambodia has 11 vaccines as part of its national immunisation program, said Ministry of Health spokesman Ly Sovann. The vaccines help prevent diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B, polio and measles. ”We still have some gaps in coverage; it’s not 100 per cent, but at least we are at 90 per cent,” he said.

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