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Two million children for polio immunisation

Two million children for polio immunisation

About 2.1 million children below the age of five are to be immunised against polio in a new mass campaign in 36 ‘high risk’ districts. The ‘door-to-door’ immunisation campaign worth sh8.8b is funded by the Government...

Indonesia launches pentavalent vaccine

Indonesia launches pentavalent vaccine

In an attempt to reduce the children-under-five mortality rate and expand the coverage of the national vaccination program, the government has launched the pentavalent vaccine, a vaccine that combines five antigens —...