IRAQ: MMR vaccination campaign aims to reach 3.9 million children
'Despite serious ongoing violence in Iraq, the government and international aid agencies started a major immunisation drive on Sunday to avert an outbreak of measles.
"One million children have no immunity to measles - more than enough to spark a dangerous outbreak in which many children could die or be left with lasting disabilities," Claire Hajaj, UNICEF's chief of communications at its Iraq Support Centre in Amman (ISCA).'
What do they mean 'despite serious ongoing violence in Iraq? Vaccination is serious ongoing violence against the immune system of these children. Oh yeah, and who brought the measles?
