Skip Links
U.S. Department of State
Secretary Rice Visits Morocco  |  Daily Press Briefing | What's NewU.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of State
SEARCHU.S. Department of State
Subject IndexBookmark and Share
U.S. Department of State
HomeHot Topics, press releases, publications, info for journalists, and morepassports, visas, hotline, business support, trade, and morecountry names, regions, embassies, and morestudy abroad, Fulbright, students, teachers, history, and moreforeign service, civil servants, interns, exammission, contact us, the Secretary, org chart, biographies, and more
Video
 You are in: Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs > Bureau of Public Affairs > Bureau of Public Affairs: Electronic Information and Publications Office > Photo Gallery > Photos by Regions and Topics > Near East > Iraq > 2003 > July 

Iraq National Vaccination Days

On Tuesday, July 22, the U.S. Government, the Iraq Ministry of Health, and UNICEF will partner with local healthcare providers across Iraq for the second National Vaccination Day.  The goal of the National Vaccination Days campaign is to vaccinate all Iraqi children age 5 and younger before the end of the year. Based on past results, officials expect thousands of parents to bring their children for the free vaccinations to prevent measles, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, tuberculosis, Hepatitis-B and polio.

Iraqi children laugh and shout and give


  Back to top

U.S. Department of State
USA.govU.S. Department of StateUpdates  |  Frequent Questions  |  Contact Us  |  Email this Page  |  Subject Index  |  Search
The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, manages this site as a portal for information from the U.S. State Department. External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.
About state.gov  |  Privacy Notice  |  FOIA  |  Copyright Information  |  Other U.S. Government Information

Published by the U.S. Department of State Website at http://www.state.gov maintained by the Bureau of Public Affairs.