VRF BEGINS CHILDREN IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, MARCH 1, ARMENPRESS: The Washington-based Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation (VRF), founded in 1991 by Mstislav Rostropovich, the world-renowned cellist, and his wife, the acclaimed soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, has pledged 50,000 dozes of vaccine for mass vaccination of Armenian children against measles, rubella and mumps and 40,000 disposable syringes as part of its mission to improve the health care of children in the Russian Federation and other Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union through sustainable public health programs that focus on prevention.
The agreement was signed today in Yerevan by Armenian health minister Norayr Davidian and VRF executive director Bill Amoss. The vaccination will cover children between 1 and 6 year old. The gift will satisfy half of the demand, the rest is to come from the UNICEF.