WHO To Donate Medical Equipment To Nepal; Afghanistan To Receive H1N1 Vaccines

The WHO is shipping medical equipment to help treat patients with H1N1 activity in Nepal, Xinhua reports (1/11).

IRIN reports Afghanistan is slated to receive a donation of 600,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine this week. "The vaccines have been pledged by Turkey (100,000 doses) and the UN World Health Organization (500,000)," the news service writes. "They would be used to immunize the most vulnerable people such as health workers, pregnant women and children" (1/11).

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