Caritas Vaccinates North Korean children for Hepatitis B

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Caritas Vaccinates North Korean children for Hepatitis B

Published Date: June 22, 2010

Caritas Internationalis has called for continued humanitarian aid for North

Koreans. Caritas secretary general Lesley-Anne Knight was speaking to media in

Seoul on June 22 after a two-day Caritas Korea Country Group Meeting.

She urged the international community not to forget the plight of many North

Koreans who struggle daily to meet basic needs. The elderly, children and sick

people in the North need outside assistance, she said.

Caritas conducted a Hepatitis B vaccination program for North Korean children in

February and April this year.

About half a million children aged six to 16 in the Pyongyang area were

vaccinated during that program, said Wolfgang Gerstner, a Caritas official.

“We plan to expand our campaign to 3.7 million children in whole of North Korea

by early next year,” Gerstner said.

Caritas was unable to conduct its vaccination program in May.

Caritas officials from Germany, Japan, South Korea and the United States

attended the recent Caritas Korea Country Group Meeting.

Source: ucanews.com

http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2010/06/22/caritas-worries-tension-may-derail-korea\

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