“Whenever anyone comes, we get the children vaccinated. Even if nobody came to our house, we would send our children to get vaccinated.”
A local Muslim leader says the vaccination campaign has been successful because it is supported by religious leaders.
“The polio vaccination campaign has been successful here because our Muslim scholars are with us. With their support, we are able to make people understand that giving children the vaccine is beneficial and crucial.”
The Indian government has now launched a new campaign to vaccinate 170 million children under the age of five. The campaign will target newborn babies, migrants and people living in poor, crowded areas where the disease spreads more quickly. I’m Karen Leggett .
And I’m Jim Tedder in Washington. It’s hard to believe that so much time has passed, but it was on this date in 1969 …44 years ago…that Woodstock happened. It became known as the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, even though it took place on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, not Woodstock, New York. A huge crowd …some say 400,000 …long-haired, politically and socially liberal young people …”Hippies” …arrived to hear three days of live music by some of America’s greatest rock and roll bands.
A reminder …more Learning English programs are straight ahead. And there is world news at the beginning of the hour on VOA.
最新
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25