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Uganda's health officials should heave a sigh of relief following 'successful' measles immunisation campaigns, which targeted 12.7 million children. The campaign, which was conducted Oct. 15-19, ran into some problems. In the western district of Mbarara some pupils reportedly ran out of the classroom and hid in mango trees when the vaccines arrived. In the eastern district of Kayunga, a local councillor was beaten by her husband for taking their 10-year old daughter for immunisation.