Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine drive launched in Yadgir
The Hindu
Shilpa Sharma, Chief Executive Officer of Yadgir Zilla Panchayat, has said that pneumonia can cause death in humans if treatment was not given at the appropriate stage.She was speaking after inaugurat
Shilpa Sharma, Chief Executive Officer of Yadgir Zilla Panchayat, has said that pneumonia can cause death in humans if treatment was not given at the appropriate stage.
She was speaking after inaugurating a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine drive in Yadgir on Saturday.
Ms. Sharma, who inaugurated the drive formally by administering vaccine to five children, said, “pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is given as a shot to children in three stages. The first stage is six weeks from their birth, the second is 14 weeks, and the final stage is 9 months. We have set a target of 2,882 children for the vaccination”.