O ve r 3 3 Y ea rs o f P ub lJ sh mg E xc el le nc !' Cli i cago Eiftimt 1977 Nl l ti o " , ,{ W e &fy Te{, ( 713) 588 - 5 071 ; Fax, (71 3 ) 588 -70 11 s: 34 / No. 37 ; Sptem l i er 11, 201 0 3302 W . Peter so n Ave n ue , C l i icng o, l L 6 06 59 . Mission India Foundation launches MMR vaccination drive By A C OR R FSP O N D ENT C hic a go: Mi s sionI n di a FO l mda t i on , a Ch i c a go-base dnon-profit , org a n i zed a MMR V a ccinati on Ca m p in v il l age Niw a zn a gar ,a s ub ur bof Narnau l C i ty of H a r y ana , r e c e nt l y. Asma n y a s 1 2 3 c hildr enwe r e p r ov id ed MM R vacci n e f re e of c o st on t hi s o ccas io n. D e s cr i b in g t h e d e ta il s o f th e M M R vacc i na tion pr o j ect , Dr . M uni s h cr e ate a W a I "ene s s abo ut t he va cc in es in ru ra l ar ea s of I nd i a . M MR vaccine pro v ide s prot e cti on aga i nst th r ee di s- e a se s - M e a s l e s, Mump s a n d R u be ll a. A l t h o u gh I nd i an Acad e m y of P e d i at r ic s rep r e s en t ing a na tiona l l eve l a cad e m i c or ga niza ti on of pe di at ri- c i a n s h a s r eco mm e nded th a t M MR vacc in e be a p art o f th e i m muni za t io n s c h e du le in Ind ia, t h evacc i ne is sti ll not a p a rt of th e g o vernmen t 's \ Un i vers al hmnu ni z ation P r og r a m ( U 1 P ) . De s cri b in gt h e deta il s o f MI F activ i - ti es in Indi a , Dr . Niten d er Co y a l , a re s ide n t phy s i c ian based i n Boston an d c l ose l y as s oc i ate d w it h M i ss i on In d i a Fou n d at ion , s aid tha t th e loc a l tea m in Indi a co n s i s ted of a n oper a- ti o n s ma n ager a nd a ce rt if ie d h ea lth- care wor k e r (ANM) . Miss i on I n di a Found a t i o n p rovide d vac c inationserv- ice s to c h i l dr e n at t h ei r vac c ina t ion c l in i c l ocated i n the he a rt o f the city a nd by v i si ti ng t h e v i llag es .Th e hea l th t e am go es t o th e s urro u nding v ill age s t hr e et im esaw e ek, t h u s pr o v i din g va c- ci n es t o kid s a t th ei r doors tep. Mi ss i o n I n di a F o und a t i o n h a s a lli ed wit h Aa n ga n w aa d i wo rk e r s t o r e a m mor e c h i l dre n . Miss i on Ind ia Fo n ndation s ' bo a r d member Dr . Ved P. Y a da vs upervi s e s t h e ov era l l pro ject i n I ndia. Fo r de t a il s of M i s s i on I ndia Fou n d a tion 's act iv iti es, p l e a se vi s i t t h e Webs i te : www . M f Fusa.o r g MISSION INDIA FOUNDATION I M f F \ A,..•.••~ o w ~&( : IdN ••~•••• ~§RJ1 i\6~i3ilS.~ i Iit tifrl~flMRl6l&m~~tl Contact: &41&118013 [Ma l MWII J ~" · CM ~ . -- ,, "- K u ma,' R ai z ada s a id t h a t M i ss i o n I ndia Fo un dat i on l a u nche d an a mbi- t iou s p ro j ec t of provi d i ng 4 , 000 c hil- dr e n w i th MMR va ccine s in Na m au l reg i on of I nd i a . The projec t wa s launch e d on Wo rl d H e a l t h Da y on Apr il 7. So f a r, 906 v a ccin es h a ve b ee n g i ve n. Dr R a i zada r e c e n t l y v i s it - ed t h e pr o j ec t s it e in In d i a a nd expre s se d s a ti s f a c ti on at t he M MR drive . Dr . M e gh an a Ar u ru , w h o i s a boa r d m em b e r o f Mi ss ion Ind ia Fou nda t i on a n d a l so tea ch es pharm ac y at Midw es t ern Un i ve rs i t y , h op es th at MM R vac c in a ti on dr i ve w il l n o t on l v h a v e h u ge p r e ve n t i ve i mp li cat i ons ;; , t e r ms o f d i se ase pr even t ion , b u t a l so J
