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Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Ministry of Health has issued new travel advisories for all travelers entering Samoa, effective from the 3rd of this month requiring all travelers from infants aged 12 months and above, to have received at least one dose of a measles-containing vaccine at least...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Rarotonga doctor, who witnessed Samoa's deadly measles outbreak in 2019, is warning Cook Islands residents to stay alert and ensure vaccinations are up to date, as New Zealand reports new measles cases, raising concern for the country' s close travel ties.
Dr Teariki...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa health chief is appealing to parents and guardians to get their children immunized with the measles, mumps, and rubella (M.M.R.) vaccinations, as well as the assistance of village councils and the Women's Committee to push for the vaccination campaign.
The Health Ministry...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health is calling on all parents with children under five to ensure that their child has been immunised for measles, mumps and rubella.
The Ministry said there are still a significant number of children under five who have not yet completed their scheduled...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed that the deaths of two babies last year were caused by nurses mixing the wrong liquid with their MMR vaccines.
The two nurses implicated in the tragedy, Luse Emo Tauvale and Leutogi Te'o, pleaded guilty to manslaughter last week and will be...