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Prevention is better than cure

Tetanus, measles, diptheria, whooping cough, polio and childhood tuberculosis are almost forgotten diseases in the west. However they are still causing the deaths and disabilities of thousands of Cambodian children. Immunisation in the first two years of life is the single most effective way of saving children's lives.

TASK helps carry out a comprehensive immunisation program in conjunction with local authorities and community volunteers. It is difficult and tedious work going from door to door, but the results are encouraging.

Rates of immunisation in our district have increased from 55% to 95% (surveyed 2001). Through this unglamorous but essential work we are preventing thousands of future cases of disease, disability and death.