November 1-5, 2006
Targeted vaccinations: 5,065,661 (under five years old)
Deaths averted per year:
Other health interventions: Insecticide treated nets (malaria prevention), polio,
and vitamin A

Ghana campaign next month to save 20,000 young lives. (PDF - 76 KB)

Click here to take a virtual journey through Ghana with the Measles Initiative.

A child receives the measles vaccine

December 2002
Children targeted: 8,759,974
Deaths prevented: 12,899

Fighting Measles and Malaria in Ghana
By Krystal Kearns, Intern, Communication and Marketing

PDA Results: Social Mobilization a Success
By Krystal Kearns, Intern, Communication and Marketing

December 2001
Children targeted: 805,824
Deaths prevented: 4,300
Red Cross volunteers: 1,186
Percent Coverage: 116.4%

A line of children at a vaccine post.

A Ghanaian boy shows purple dye on his finger used to identify children as having received the measles vaccine already.

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