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Control of maternal and neonatal tetanus through integrated immunization and Vitamin A supplementation were initiated.

It was noted however that the police did not proactively enforce the provision unless other laws such as on indecent public behaviour or paedophilia were broken.

Over the past 12 months, basic social services in education and health, including social assistance/protection for vulnerable groups, have begun to improve living conditions for many Timorese: 9,000 teachers received intensive training, including in the Portuguese language; 1,006 primary schools implemented the school feeding programme with support from the World Food Programme (WFP) and a child-friendly school model was adopted; the multi-antigen campaign benefited 40 per cent of the country’s population, including young women and children, through measles/tetanus vaccination and nutrition interventions.

This booster shot is given in conjunction with diphtheria-tetanus-polio boosters.

Children 7 years or older who need primary series doses of tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine should receive Td or Tdap, as age appropriate; people of all ages need tetanus vaccine boosters every 10 years

Vaccination campaigns for diphtheria, tetanus and hepatitis B have also been conducted in all the nation’s social rehabilitation centres.

If a mother has immunity against the toxin, a newborn is protected from tetanus during delivery.

Eritrea had also exceeded the goal set for malaria, eliminated neonatal tetanus and was in the process of fully controlling measles.

UNICEF supports improved antenatal care (Tetanus Toxoid, Insecticide treated nets (ITN), Intermittent Presumptive Treatment (IPT), nutrition), Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), increased women’s access to HIV treatment.

During the reporting period, the United Nations and partners supported a nationwide campaign for children, which provided vaccinations against measles, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and polio and distributed vitamin A supplements.

[...] [...] supplementation and immunization against tetanus.

The response of UNICEF to the major disasters of 2010 included an emergency mass immunization campaign in Haiti targeting measles, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus, and the reestablishment of maternal and child health care services and support for decentralization and community health services.

With the success of the Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI), vaccine preventable diseases have also been controlled to such an extent that diseases such as polio, neonatal tetanus, whooping cough and diphtheria are on the brink of elimination.

Turkey achieved certification for the elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) in 2009, the 13th country to eliminate MNT since 2000, with 45 countries still remaining.

In 2009, vaccination coverage was 98 per cent for tuberculosis (BCG), 100 per cent for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT3), 100 per cent for polio (POL3), 99 per cent for measles (MCV1) and 98 per cent for hepatitis B III.

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Over the past three decades, growing numbers of children have received the diphtheria-tetanuspertussis vaccine, which guards against three deadly diseases and is a strong indicator of overall vaccine coverage.

CHICAGO – In an examination of cases of childhood pertussis in California, researchers found that children with pertussis had lower odds of having received all 5 doses of the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP) vaccine series, however the odds increased as the time since last DTaP dose lengthened, which is consistent with a progressive decrease in estimated vaccine effectiveness each year after the final dose of DTaP vaccine, according to a study in the November 28 issue of JAMA.