Lao Voices

Video description: HOUAY NAMIEN, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 16 November 2007 - Worldwide, measles kills more children than any other preventable disease, and Laos suffers regular outbreaks, including two this year that killed at least 10 children.

UNICEF Representative in Lao PDR Laila Ismail-Khan said that the government’s commitment to eliminate measles by 2012 was cost-effective and consistent with targets set by the global Millennium Development Goals.

With the campaign now well under way, there are encouraging signs that the target of immunizing 95 per cent of more than 2.1 million children between nine months and 15 years of age can be met.