{"id":947,"date":"2024-04-26T17:55:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=947"},"modified":"2024-04-26T17:55:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:10:55","slug":"laos-launches-vaccination-campaign-to-protect-children-from-measles-rubella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/laos-launches-vaccination-campaign-to-protect-children-from-measles-rubella\/","title":{"rendered":"Laos launches vaccination campaign to protect children from measles, rubella"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Laos&#8217; Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign in a major effort to protect children&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign, which will roll out across Laos from May 20 to May 31, aims to protect and prevent the spread of the two childhood illnesses, according to a report from the Center of Information and Education for Health under the Lao Ministry of Health on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Lao Deputy Minister of Health Snong Thongsna expressed his gratitude for the immense contribution of all stakeholders to Laos&#8217; immunization efforts for children.<\/p>\n<p>He said the launch of this campaign is expected to provide protection to more than half a million children under five years of age.<\/p>\n<p>The measles and rubella vaccine will be provided free of charge under the administration of the Lao Ministry of Health at all health centers throughout Laos, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laos&#8217; Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign in a major effort to protect children&#8217;s health. The campaign, which will roll out across Laos from May 20 to May 31, aims to protect and prevent the spread of the two childhood illnesses, according to a report from the Center of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}