Pakistan Begins Using Injectable Polio Vaccine In Effort To Eliminate Disease By 2016
Agence France-Presse: Pakistan launches new polio vaccine, aims for 2016 wipeout
“Pakistan on Thursday formally launched an injectable polio vaccine, an important step to accelerate its polio eradication campaign as the authorities vowed to wipe out the disease by 2016. More than four million children will benefit from the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which will be incorporated into the country’s routine immunization schedule and given to children alongside other jabs…” (8/20).
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