Working with the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
the UN Foundation helped launch supplemental immunization
campaigns for measles in Sub-Sahara Africa. Targeting
42 countries in Africa, a total of $60 million
has been allocated to provide measles vaccinations
to children from 9 months to 15 years of age in
Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, and Tanzania. This ongoing
project has provided an estimated 115 million
children with vaccinations and decreased measles
deaths for the region by 35%. Supporting organizations
also include the Centers for Disease Control,
American Red Cross, Vodafone, Church of the Latter
Day Saints, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
