WHO procures 2m doses of measles vaccine for EPI

The first consignment of 2 million doses of measles vaccine procured by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for routine immunisation in Pakistan arrived here Wednesday night. The next consignment of the remaining 1.1 million doses is expected to arrive soon. This support from WHO has been extended in response to the appeal made by the Ministry of Health last month, fearing total stock-out of measles vaccine. The WHO made special arrangement for urgently procuring 3.1 million doses of measles vaccine for the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) to prevent the impending stock-out of the said vaccine in Pakistan. The vaccines will be supplied in 10 doses vial with Vaccine Vial Monitor (VVM). This donation will help EPI to continue its routine measles vaccination service for the next three months without any interruption. Failing to vaccinate children of one-month birth...