KENYA: Public called on to support measles campaign

The Kenyan government plans to launch a major measles vaccination campaign towards the end of June to tackle a disease that kills about 50 children in the country every day. Julius Meme, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, said on Wednesday that the US $15 million campaign, to be held from 17 and 23 June, would target more than 14.6 million children between nine months and 14 years of age.