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    Measles immunisation campaigns, coordinated by MSF-Belgium, MERLIN, UNICEF and the Health Ministry have now been completed, according to the HACU report. They covered 45,723 children below the age of 12 in Bo and Kenema and 20,802 in Freetown and the Western Area.

    HACU reported a "significant reduction" in the number of children admitted to the Kenema paediatric ward and the Blama measles isolation unit operated by MERLIN some 20 kms west of Kenema.

    The health ministry reported about 19 measles cases in eastern Freetown in April but UNICEF is confident that the immunisation campaign will prevent any major outbreaks in the area, HACU said.

    The measles campaign in Bonthe District, Southern Province, has ended with almost 100-percent coverage of the target population, HACU reported.

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