Officials with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and global pharmaceutical company, Merck & Co., Inc. announced the donation and delivery of 100,000 doses of M-M-R(R) II (measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine, live, attenuated) to the government of the former Soviet republic of Moldova, in response to an ongoing serious mumps outbreak in that country.
International Labour Organization and, especially, the Programme on HIV/AIDS and the world of work in Moldova announces initiation of elaboration of quantitative national study on knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on HIV/AIDS among persons employed on labour market.
Members of the famous Moldovan band Zdob & Zdub were involved in car accident on Sunday when exiting the Republic of Moldova heading for Ukraine, where they had scheduled a concert. The car of the band was hit by another vehicle that did not took notice of traffic signs. The car plunged into the air two times.
After representing San Marino at its very first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, Miodio is now ready for a summer tour where they will be performing in Italy, Moldova and San Marino. At the same time the country’s Minister of Youth express hopes to be back for Eurovision 2009.
Vladimir Pozner, President of Russian Television Academy will visit Republic of Moldova on June 10, 2008. The visit has the aim to hold an open discussion on social advertising problems, with focus on HIV issue, in Moldova and the need to ease the access of social advertising on local mass-media market.