Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
2013/07/11 14:37 KST
Global relief group vaccinates 430,000 N. Korean children against Japanese encephalitis
SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- The German branch of the international Catholic relief group Caritas vaccinated 430,000 North Korean children against Japanese encephalitis earlier this month, the group said Thursday.
The North Korean children vaccinated in the first round of anti-Japanese encephalitis vaccination programs on July 2 are those living in South Hwanghae Province, just north of the inter-Korean border, an official at Caritas Germany told Yonhap News Agency.
The group plans to vaccinate a total of 3.2 million North Korean children in the southern part of the country through four rounds of their vaccination programs by the end of this year, the official said.
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Global relief group vaccinates 430,000 N. Korean children against Japanese encephalitis
SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- The German branch of the international Catholic relief group Caritas vaccinated 430,000 North Korean children against Japanese encephalitis earlier this month, the group said Thursday.
The North Korean children vaccinated in the first round of anti-Japanese encephalitis vaccination programs on July 2 are those living in South Hwanghae Province, just north of the inter-Korean border, an official at Caritas Germany told Yonhap News Agency.
The group plans to vaccinate a total of 3.2 million North Korean children in the southern part of the country through four rounds of their vaccination programs by the end of this year, the official said.
...
pbr@yna.co.kr
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2013/07/11/2/0401000000AEN20130711005400315F.HTML