UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman is in Madagascar visiting areas affected by Hurricane Ivan in February. Hurricane Ivan, you may recall, destroyed 364 schools and dozens of health centres, directly affecting some 160,000 people.
Earlier today, Ms. Veneman launched a national campaign to fight tetanus in Madagascar. The programme aims to vaccinate some 830,000 women aged 15 to 49 in a bid to eradicate maternal and neonatal tetanus in Madagascar. After Madagascar, Ms. Veneman will be travelling to Mozambique and will later take part in the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
seen at 12:00, 29 July
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Spokesman for the UN Secretary General.
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