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Samoa's general director of health says he wants to restore confidence in the country's health system after the sudden death of two children
The two year-old children died suddenly in Savai & # 39; i last week, after receiving the MMR. vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella.
The chief executive, Leausa Take Naseri, led a team to Savai & # 39; i to conduct autopsies.
He said that efforts to restore confidence included all MMR vaccines. "Vaccination is like a pillar of prevention here in Samoa for most infectious diseases and this trust has been compromised."
"We want to be as transparent as possible to our audience so that we can regain public trust in our Leausa Take Naseri said that a vaccinologist from the World Health Organization has arrived in Samoa to help investigate the deaths
He said that doses remained from the vial, the vaccine given to the infants to be analyzed.
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