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ARMENIA TO INTRODUCE NEW VACCINE FOR CHILDREN
03.03.2014 16:38 epress.am
Armenia's Ministry of Healthcare plans to introduce a pneumococcal
vaccine for children. The issue was discussed at a board meeting of
the ministry today.
"We definitely have to implement this program. The arguments brought
forth are quite convincing. As a result of [administering] the vaccine,
we will have a decrease in pneumonia and meningitis among children
under 5, thereby preventing infant mortality," said RA Minister of
Healthcare Derenik Dumanyan, according to a statement on the ministry's
website [AM].
Head of the ministry's national immunization program Gayane Sahakyan
said that, according to the World Health Organization, in 2008,
of the 8.8 million deaths in the world among children under five,
476,000 were caused by pneumococcal infections. The mortality rate
for children under one from pneumococcal septicemia goes up to 20%;
in the case of meningitis, up to 50%.
Board members today unanimously approved the program.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/03/03/armenia-to-introduce-new-vaccine-for-children.html
03.03.2014 16:38 epress.am
Armenia's Ministry of Healthcare plans to introduce a pneumococcal
vaccine for children. The issue was discussed at a board meeting of
the ministry today.
"We definitely have to implement this program. The arguments brought
forth are quite convincing. As a result of [administering] the vaccine,
we will have a decrease in pneumonia and meningitis among children
under 5, thereby preventing infant mortality," said RA Minister of
Healthcare Derenik Dumanyan, according to a statement on the ministry's
website [AM].
Head of the ministry's national immunization program Gayane Sahakyan
said that, according to the World Health Organization, in 2008,
of the 8.8 million deaths in the world among children under five,
476,000 were caused by pneumococcal infections. The mortality rate
for children under one from pneumococcal septicemia goes up to 20%;
in the case of meningitis, up to 50%.
Board members today unanimously approved the program.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/03/03/armenia-to-introduce-new-vaccine-for-children.html