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Related Stories Fighting Measles and Malaria in Ghana
American Red Cross and its Measles Initiative partners are traveling to Ghana in December to vaccinate nearly eight million children against the highly contagious and deadly disease, completing the last of nine countries in this year’s schedule vaccination campaigns.
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How We Vaccinate
In 2001, Ghana vaccination campaigns were pilot projects that covered 10% of the country. The remaining 90% of the country will be completed in 2002
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Two American Red Cross Chapters Visit the Ghana Campaign
Pam Daigle, COO for the Greater Cleveland chapter, and Joan Kelley-Williams, Director of International and Social Services for the Bay Area chapter, joined the December 2001 campaign in Ghana to view firsthand how the American Red Cross is saving lives in Africa.
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Handheld Computers are Used for the First Time to Survey Mothers on Health Issues
Red Cross volunteers in Ghana have demonstrated an approach to rapid, accurate and inexpensive program assessment surveys.
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Ghana Goes High Tech to Beat Measles
For two days in December, Ghana Red Cross Society volunteers proved that gizmos and gadgets have as much place in traditional African villages as in the urban jungles of Wall Street or London City.
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Ghana
Following the Ghana campaign, nearly 72 million vaccinations will have been given to children across Africa, saving an estimated 106,217 lives.
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