The campaign vaccinated 730,000 children aged 6 months to five years old against measles. During the five-day campaign, over 600,000 of them also received Vitamin A supplements, deworming tablets and insecticide treated bed nets to protect them against malaria. The integrated campaign in the South Kivu province is the second of its kind in the DRC.  Was organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Health with support from various bi-lateral and multilateral partners: the governments of Japan, Canada and United Kingdom, USAID, PSI/ASF, AXxes, Drive Against Malaria, Rotary International, WHO, UN Foundation and UNICEF.
In a ceremony  marked the occasion in Kinshasa, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Mr Nick RAY, the representative of the Ambassador of Japan, Mr. Kazuhiko FUJITA and the Country Director for USAID, Mr. Stephen HAYKIN highlighted the nature of their support to the Congolese government and children and to the organization of the ongoing integrated campaign. Each expressed the hope that peace would be consolidated in the DRC to enable the women and children to reap its benefits. In his speech to mark the occasion, Anthony Bloomberg, UNICEF Representative said “the future of children in Congo depends on peace and investing in children now will bring that day closer”.