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Another 1991 target goal of the Combatting Childhood Communicable Diseases (CCCD) program in Africa is to immunize pregnant women with tetanus toxoid vaccine in order to reduce neonatal tetanus mortality by 25 percent. The more general goal is to increase immunization coverage of pregnant women to 60 percent. The emphasis of the CCCD program, which is a joint project with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other government institutions, is on the application of 3 simple safe, effective, and economical technologies: immunization, oral rehydration therapy, and malaria treatment for children under the age of 5.
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