Ten more districts get Pneumonia vaccine

Story by Taddeo Bwambale from Newvision news paper

publish date : 12th – March-2014

TEN more districts have started receiving pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) rolled in January to prevent pneumonia among children below the age of five.
Distribution of the PCV vaccine started on January 14 in 94 out 112 districts.
The Director General of Health Services, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng on Wednesday disclosed that 10 out of the 18 remaining districts had satisfied requirements for receiving the vaccines. Continue reading