The government may not achieve its target of eliminating measles outbreaks by 2012, as fewer youths than necessary have been vaccinated under a five-year program, according to a health ministry survey released Friday.
About 11,000 people contracted measles in Japan in 2008, and epidemiologists say maximum efforts are necessary to raise vaccination rates to the targeted levels.
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