India unable to eradicate measles due to leadership changes

(Ghana) Kumasi, 25 (IANS) India is the health of the nation's ability to eliminate measles, which affected service in India kills an estimated 200,000 children under the leadership of 'constant change personal public donations in October, an official of the United Nations Foundation believe.

Andrea Gay, children's health for the United Nations Foundation (UNF) Executive Director The country is the country of the world effort to reduce measles has not been achieved. "90 percent of all other areas from 2000 to 2010 two years ahead of time to reduce measles mortality, the United Nations to achieve" Gay said in an interview.

Gay, who was in Ghana UNF attend a board meeting told IANS: "India still intend to fight the disease not applicable campaign began. We know that they have set the drive for December 2010 and we hope that they would not fail this time. "

He said "the country is still trying to do what is right at the top of the health sector, constant change is not helpful."

UNF is a private public charity that one CNN executive Ted Turner donated $ 1billion has benefited from the various health challenges the world is channeling.

Gay said, "Indian officials involved in the global effort in the beginning is certain that some of the strategies to fight measles in the country have worked but since is was not confident of success worldwide."

"India in the fight to begin a massive measles vaccination campaign, which currently accounts for the majority of global measles deaths need to reduce" she said.

Work closely with national governments and local communities, the Measles Initiative UNF million in 60 countries worldwide supported more than 700 children vaccinated, he said, adding "78 percent of measles worldwide in 2000 to 733 000 2008 fell to 164 000 to '.

"It's just a dollar a child vaccinated against measles" Gay said the disease still claims lives every day 450 children across the world making it one of the leading causes of death among.

Measles, a highly contagious viral disease worldwide kills a million people a year .......