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Vol. 5 Num 590 Wed. January 25, 2006  
   
Business


Emirates carries measles vaccine for Bangladeshi children
Emirates, one of the fastest growing international airlines in the world, recently carried a shipment of measles vaccine from Bombay to Dhaka for Bangladeshi children.

Farhana Huq, UNICEF procurement officer, received the consignment of 30 tonnes of measles vaccine from Qazi Javed Karim, Emirates cargo controller, at Zia International Airport in Dhaka recently, says a press release.

Emirates carried the shipment of medicine for the Bangladesh government's Expanded Programme for Immunisation.