UNICEF Informs Parents of Free Polio Vaccine by SMS

July 27, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post

UNICEF has teamed up with Zambia’s Ministry of Health, Zain, and MTN to send text messages to parents reminding them that free polio vaccines will be available this week, from July 22 to 25.

“It is about time that we used modern technology to ensure child health and this year is particularly important because of the polio prevention campaign,” said UNICEF Zambia Representative, Lotta Sylwander.

Ms. Sylwander also expressed gratitude to MTN and ZAIN for sending SMS texts informing millions of their subscribers of activities taking place during the prevention campaign against the crippling disease in 28 districts bordering Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The campaign is part of a UNICEF initiative to use new technologies in the fight to assure child health care.

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