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Indonesia Measle Immunization Drive

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Watch this UNICEF video about measles on HowStuffWorks. A life-saving measles vaccination center has arisen in the same area of Jakarta that just weeks ago was stricken by massive flooding. Measles is one of the most preventable in the world (vaccines cost about $1) yet 340,000 children die from measles every year. In Indonesia, a child dies from measles every 20 minutes. See how immunization drives work in this video from UNICEF.

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