Ethiopia: Tetanus campaign to target women

Ethiopia is ranked as having the fourth highest number of deaths due to neonatal tetanus in the world with over 40,000 estimated infant deaths. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has initiated a new tetanus campaign targeting 2.6 million women in Ethiopia. It is targeted at women of childbearing age between the ages of 15 and 49 in the Oromiya and Amhara regions.