Washington
(ANI):
Mexican/Lebanese
actress
Salma
Hayek
is
leading
a
new
UNICEF
campaign,
which
aims
at
aiding
young
African
mums
fight
tetanus.
Hayek,
who
is
a
charity
worker
and
new
mum,
had
on
a
recent
fact-finding
mission
to
West
Africa
come
across
teenagers
who
were
making
the
effort
to
stay
healthy.
The
actress
was
so
impressed
by
their
efforts
that
she
felt
compelled
to
tell
Americans
what
she
had
witnessed.
Hayek
revealed,
at
the
press
conference
for
the
Pampers'
tetanus
vaccine
programme
on
September
2,
that
she
was
stunned
by
the
efforts
being
made
to
eradicate
the
disease
in
Sierra
Leone,
where
she
also
met
with
tetanus
victims.
"One
of
the
things
that
was
very
moving
about
the
trip
was
to
see
15-year-old
girls,
really
young,
taking
responsibility
for
their
lives
and
their
children
before
they're
born
by
saying,
'I
am
going
to
be
healthy,
I
am
going
to
take
this
vaccination'," Contactmusic
quoted
her
as
saying.
"I
had
no
idea
how
much
this
was
going
to
really
personally
move
me,"
she
added.
The
Pampers
powers
at
parent
company
Procter
and
Gamble
who
are
behind
the
new
tetanus
initiative
have
pledged
to
give
UNICEF
the
money
for
one
tetanus
vaccine
for
every
pack
of
specially
marked
diapers
the
company
it
sells
before
the
end
of
the
year
(08).